Bringing Out the Dead
Katamu's latest play looks at the gut-busting side of funerals.
by Michael Gallucci
Gregory S. Carr’s play looks at the different ways black people grieve. Scenes range from spare monologues to fast-moving set pieces. “There’s not a lot of character development in some of them,” says Johnston. “You’re just getting the message.” The challenge, he says, is juggling 20 different vignettes that vary in tone – from weepy melodrama to foot-tapping musical. “You’ve got to bring out as much as you can in 10 minutes,” he says. Johnston adds that despite its title, there are plenty of stories in A Colored Funeral that’ll have white people nodding in recognition too. “Death is universal,” he says. “We all celebrate it in similar ways.”
Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 3 p.m. Starts: April 13. Continues through May 6
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