A Co-Production with Goodman Theatre. Produced in association with Sonia Friedman Productions, Khaliah Neal and Thomas Swayne.
“BUST is a very personal play”.
Playwright Zora Howard
On The Coca-Cola Stage, the Alliance, in partnership with Goodman Theatre and in association with Sonia Friedman Productions, Khaliah Neal and Thomas Swayne, will produce the world premiere of the gripping new play, BUST. It’s not only hell that breaks loose in this ground-breaking, form-defying, laugh-out-loud drama from Pulitzer Prize finalist playwright Zora Howard. Lileana Blain-Cruz, a “master of curating chaos” (The New York Times) directs.
“The opportunity to bring it to life alongside Lileana – and in the cities of Atlanta and Chicago especially – is a long-time dream come true. We are beyond ready to kick down the walls and welcome folks into its world(s).”
Playwright Zora Howard
Retta and Reggie are enjoying their usual evening on the porch when a longtime neighbor is pulled over by the police just before turning into his driveway. Everything goes as expected—until the unexpected happens. Humor, spectacle, and surrealism converge in this interrogation of what it costs to be Black and free.
CAST
Casting to be announced.
CREATIVES
ZORA HOWARD – Playwright
LILEANA BLAIN-CRUZ – Director
Further creatives to be announced.