The Niceties

In The Niceties an ambitious young Black college student and her esteemed White professor meet over Skype to discuss a paper the college junior is writing about the American Revolution. Unfortunately, they find it hard to agree about the facts of the past – or the present. Discussions of grammar and Google turn to race and reputation, and soon they’re in dangerous territory neither of them had foreseen – and facing stunning implications that can’t be undone. Written with powerful truth and humor by Eleanor Burgess, this deeply resonant work is directed by Kimberly Senior (Broadway’s Disgraced). The Washington Post hails it as “a barnstormer of a play,” adding that it’s “one of the best plays I’ve seen about who gets to tell the story of America, and how.”

Presented by Manhattan Theatre Club in association with The Huntington