Misty Monroe won the Hollywood Fringe Diversity Scholarship for her solo show “Unapologetically Black”. It was created by Misty Monroe and directed by the incredibly gifted Karen Maruyama.
“Unapologetically Black” is a comedic story about how Misty grew up with awesome white friends and a beautiful black family. Her struggle came when she felt pressured to hide her love for Madonna from her Black friends and her white friends didn’t think she was “really” black. Misty was constantly apologizing and hiding whom she was to fit in. When she learned about the Stages of Nigrescence in college it finally gave her the confidence to be unapologetic.
Misty wrote this show because she is passionate about bringing cultures together. She realized through a variety of tragedies and challenges in her life that we are all more alike than we are different. The them
