This was one of my favorite Off-Broadway shows last season and happily it’s making a return engagement to Urban Stages beginning performances on October 22 and opening on Sunday, October 27 through November 17, 2013.
Greg Kalleres’ biting comedy HONKY is about a black teenager who is shot for his “Sky Max” shoes. Sales triple among white teens. Are ghetto-glorifying commercials to blame or the CEO that only sees dollar signs? Either way, a new cure for racism promises to solve everything and advertises, “If you don’t think you need it, you’re probably a racist!” HONKY is a darkly comedic look at five people, white and black, as they navigate the murky waters of advertising, race, romance and basketball shoes. The production is directed by Luke Harlan.
Cast includes: Scott Barrow (Embraceable Me , Broadway’s 33 Variations), Philip Callen(Regional: Bill W and Dr Bob, 1776, Bush Is Bad), Dave Droxler (The Man Who Laughs Film: Limitless, Writer’s Block),Danielle Faitelson (TV “Pzazz 101,” National Tour :If You Give A Pig A Pancake, , I Forgive You, Ronald Reagan), Anthony Gaskins (FilmInside, A.R.T’s Paradise Lost), Chris Myers (Classical Theatre of Harlem’s Macbeth, Atlantic Stage’s As Himself / 10×25), Reynaldo Piniella (TV: “Law & Order: SVU,” “NYC 22”. Film: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Broken City), Arie Bianca Thompson(Public’s Henry V, Orpheus. Film: Wake Up Gone). Creative team includes: Roman Tatarowicz (Sets), Miriam Nilofa Crowe (Lights), Brandon Wolcott (Sound), Caite Hevner (Projection Design), Sarah Thea Swafford (Costumes).
Urban Stages (259 West 30 Street). Tickets will be $40 ($25 during previews) and will be available at www.Smarttix.comor by calling 212.868.4444.
