Trouble in Mind

Release Date: 2022-11-02

Overview: Follow an experienced Black stage actress through rehearsals of a major Broadway production in Alice Childress’s funny, moving, and ultimately shattering look at racism, identity, and ego in the high-stakes world of New York theatre. A scathing indictment of racism in American commercial theatre, Trouble in Mind tells the story of Wiletta Mayer, a Black actress cast in a supposedly “progressive” play about racism by a white male author—it turns out to be anything but progressive.

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Cast

Denise Lee

as Wiletta Mayer

David Coffee

as Henry

Claire Greenberg

as Judy Sears

Bob Hess

as Bill O'Wray

Tony Key

as Sheldon Forrester