Shades of White
By Ilan Kozlowski
 

Set in 1990’s Tulsa, Oklahoma - during the year of the 75th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre - the play is a dramatic comedy that explores the relationships between an Israeli immigrant, a former member of the Ku Klux Klan and their wives. Narrow minded Dr. Whitehill and his crone of a wife, Birdie, are set in their miserable ways until Dr. Whitehill encounters Yossi, an open-hearted musician who loves life. Uplifting, humorous and ultimately hopeful, “Shades of White” is a fast-paced seriocomedy that is relevant for our world today.
 

Shades of White Characters
Yossi Schwartz: A thickly accented dark skinned Israeli man in his late 20s.
Dr. Charles Whitehill: A wealthy white man in his late 60s.
Nina Schwartz: An upper middle class female Jewish New Yorker in her mid-20’s; Yossi’s wife.

Birdie Whitehill: A small, emaciated white woman with a dowager’s hump in her late 60s; wife of Dr. Whitehill
Reverend Jeremiah Browning III: A charismatic black man in his 30s.
 

We are pleased to welcome back director Chuck Osuna, who directed our October 2021 show, "Plan 9 from Outer Space."

 

Performances are scheduled for weekends April 22-May 1, 2022.

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More information for this production can be obtained by calling the BACP at 918-258-0077. The BACP is located at 1800 S. Main in downtown Broken Arrow.

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Shades of White is produced by special arrangement with

playwright Ilan Kozlowski.

This production is made possible in part by grants from:

the Oklahoma Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Broken Arrow Community Playhouse is a member of the Oklahoma Community Theatre Association and the American Association of Community Theatre.