Blue: Another Black Man Gunned Down
He justifies. She probes. He jokes. She doesn’t laugh. Need we say it’s Racism 101?
June Carryl’s world premiere production of “Blue” at Rogue Machine Theatre puts you dead center in an LAPD interrogation room.
It’s the day after yet another police shooting of an unarmed Black man. Need we say the officer involved is white?
Sully—that officer, played by John Colella—paces nervously in the empty room. Glancing at files displayed on the table, he’s nervous. This won’t be his best day.
Detective LaRhonda Parker—played by Julanne Chidi Hill—couldn’t be sweeter when she enters the room to “debrief” the sergeant. Butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth, though you’re guessing eventually it might. Need we ...
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