A.C.T. and MoAD invite you to a free, live discussion event!

‍Trouble in Mind—An A.C.T. Audience Exchange

‍Moderated by Ralph Remington, San Francisco Director of Cultural Affairs

Guests: A.C.T. Artistic Director Pam MacKinnon, director Awoye Timpo, and dramaturg Arminda Thomas

A.C.T. and the Museum of African Diaspora (MoAD) invite you to a live, virtual discussion on Alice Childress’s groundbreaking play, Trouble in Mind, moderated by San Francisco’s new Director of Cultural Affairs Ralph Remington. Special guests include A.C.T. Artistic Director Pam MacKinnon, Trouble in Mind director Awoye Timpo, and Childress scholar and resident dramaturg at CLASSIX, Arminda Thomas.

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Trouble in Mind is the first of A.C.T.’s Out Loud series, which features a series of enduring play readings by some of the greatest minds of generations past. Alice Childress’s remarkable comedy with undeniable dramatic force would have been the first play by a Black woman produced on Broadway if she had agreed to the producers’ demands that she soften its message. Funny, incisive, and poignant, this play-within-a-play is an unflinching examination of white fragility and liberalism in the theater industry.

Streaming on demand from March 29–April 4, tickets are Pay-What-You-Wish and available by visiting act-sf.org/outloud.

Tickets to the April 3 Audience Exchange are free but must be reserved prior to the event here. The discussion will take place on the Zoom video conference platform. Links to the discussion will be sent 30 minutes prior to start time.

You can stream the play reading of Trouble in Mind on demand from March 29-April 4. MoAD members are free with a promotional code. To obtain the code, email membership@moadsf.org.