White

White

by James Ijames

March 29-April 14; Previews March 27-28

With a premise equal parts playful, prescient and preposterous, art imitates life (or is it the other way around?) in James Ijames’ comedy White. Gus is an artist. Vanessa is an actress. When a major museum seeks to showcase diverse voices in their next exhibition, Gus enlists Vanessa’s help to create an audacious new artistic persona to get him in the show. This contemporary Frankenstein story gleefully skewers the modern monstrosities of racism, misogyny and cultural appropriation, all the while subverting expectations, cracking wise, and opening eyes.

“If it’s not entertaining, why the hell are we doing it? Make’m laugh. Make’m cry. Make’m call their senator. But by any means necessary. Make’m do something. Can’t change anybody’s mind if they’re asleep.” – James Ijames

“Ijames has created a piece in which every expectation (internal and external) and stereotype gets turned inside out. Also, it’s hilarious, and not just in a jokes-that-land way (though it’s also that) but in a smart, Diana-Ross-appears-as-some-version-of-Tony-Kushner’s-Avenging-Angel way.”

 “WHITE is pure gold…Ijames’ audacious and hilarious play takes on racism, sexism, and a handful of other isms…It’s bold, outlandish, insightful, and exciting…a sharp deconstruction of racial, ethnic, gender and social stereotypes, examined from multiple points of view…Subverting expectations, cracking wise and opening eyes, WHITE is quite a statement. Ijames fills it with twists, right up to its final moments. You’ll want to be along for the ride.” —DCMetroTheaterArts.com.

White

by James Ijames

On Mainstage March 29-April 14
Previews March 27-28 

Opening Night: Friday, March 29, 2024 at 8:00 p.m.

Wednesdays at 7 p.m. | Thursdays at 7 p.m. | Fridays at 8 p.m.
Saturdays 2 p.m. and  8 p.m. | Sundays at 2 p.m.

White

Talkback with Actors:
Sunday, April 7 after the 2 p.m. show

Hippodrome Gainesville FLORIDA

Contact the Box Office (352 375 4477) or email boxoffice@thehipp.org) for Accessible Seating 

Parking and Safety Protocols

Content Advisory: Mature Audiences 17+
Play discusses race, LGBTQ+ themes and has some profanity and strong language.

WHITE is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

Playbill

White in the News

Picture Gallery

Pictures by Michael A. Eaddy

Opening Night