Trouble in Mind

“Painfully relevant… One is gradually struck by how bracingly prophetic the late playwright’s script turns out to be.” —Variety

Ahead of its time, Trouble in Mind, written in 1955, follows the rehearsal process of an anti-lynching play preparing for its Broadway debut. When Wiletta, a Black actress and veteran of the stage, challenges the play’s stereotypical portrayal of the Black characters, unsettling biases come to the forefront and reveal the ways so-called progressive art can be use...