APRIL 3 - 28, 2019
“Dorian Belle is a big deal. He’s a Canadian pop sweetheart, and he’s ready to be taken seriously. So his people hire his favorite hip-hop artists—Black and Alexand, the ‘bad boy’ rappers of Petty Young Goons—to help him toughen up his image. They’re black, he’s white. They’re from Chicago, he’s from Canada. It’s all on reality TV. What could go wrong? Inspired by Shaw’s Pygmalion, this world premiere is a blistering and entertaining look at cultural and racial appropriation in a fictionalized exchange of ideologies, vernacular, and alleged street cred.”
Ben joins the cast of this hilarious and insightful new play in its world premiere, understudying the title role of Dorian Belle. Filled with parodies of pop idols, injections of black history and its deft treatment of race in both the media and outside, this is a show you won’t want to miss.