NEW PLAY WORKSHOP
Director: Khanisha Foster
Dramaturge: Zharia O’Neal
Zakiya Young: poster child for racial reconciliation. She code switches with lightning speed. White sorority? Like, no prob. A Black and Latino church with a White pastor? She’ll praise God in Spanish! Broadway? Is it color blind casting or an all-Black show? Doesn’t matter because this suburban Black girl has mastered the art of being ‘non-threatening.’ But when COVID lockdowns put a spotlight on police killing unarmed Black people, everything she suppressed begins seeping out like an infected wound.
BIO: Zakiya Young was an OPC Foundry Project playwright in 2021 and is honored to have this opportunity to continue her exploration of Black suburban life in this autobiographical play. Favorite acting credits include: Broadway: Stick Fly, The Little Mermaid and Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Off-Broadway: Storyville (Audelco Award nomination) Regional: Familiar, Spamilton, Disgraced and It’s a Bird...It’s a Plane...It’s Superman. Watch her this summer in Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin on HBO Max.
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