Trouble in Mind

A VISIONARY SATIRE ONCE BANISHED FROM BROADWAY

Wiletta Mayer is the preeminent Black actress of the 1950s and the star of a new show headed to Broadway, though nothing could prepare her for the culture clash that erupts between the director and her fellow cast members in rehearsal for this new, "progressive" play. TROUBLE IN MIND is a cutting backstage satire, a play within a play, and a case of life imitating art as playwright Alice Childress refused to let producers define her story. This visionary production should have premiered on Broadway in 1955, but didn't get its due until 2021, 66 years after its intended debut. Now, TROUBLE IN MIND comes to Pittsburgh for the first time, in a premiere destined to enthrall us all.

This show is rated PG-13. Set in 1957, it addresses themes of racism, sexism, identity, and class, and contains strong profanity and racially offensive terms. This production contains the use of haze.