July 13, 2022 – August 7, 2022
“…the Ethics of Gentrification! Like what even is that! It’s called evolution, amigo! Survival of the Fittest! And it’s not my fault that some people are woefully unfit.”
Rebecca Burgess moves into a brownstone, renovates it, and simultaneously refuses to embrace her neighbors. In all her gentrifying glory, Rebecca is just living her life when weird, supernatural sh*t starts happening, for no reason that she can think of. But, of course, the fact that she can’t think of the reason is probably why it’s happening. Chisa Hutchinson is serving up her usual quick-witted words and otherworldly images. Yes, the playwright who brought you Dead and Breathing and A Wedding Gift is back. So, get ready for a haunting – and hunting!
Originally Commissioned and developed by South Coast Repertory.
Sponsored by Nancy & Cary Feldman
photo by Seth Freeman
photo by Seth Freeman
About the Playwright
Chisa Hutchinson
Playwright
Chisa Hutchinson (B.A. Vassar College; M.F.A NYU – TSoA) has presented her plays, which include She Like Girls, Somebody’s Daughter, Surely Goodness And Mercy, Whitelisted, and Dead & Breathing at such venues as the Lark Theater, Atlantic Theater Company, CATF, the National Black Theatre, Second Stage Theater, and Arch 468 in London. Her radio drama, Proof of Love, can be found on Audible (with a pretty boss rating). She has been a Dramatists Guild Fellow, a Lark Fellow, a NeoFuturist, and a staff writer for the Blue Man Group. She’s won a GLAAD Award, a Lilly Award, a New York Innovative Theatre Award, a Helen Merrill Award, and the Lanford Wilson Award. Currently, Chisa is standing by for production on a new TV series she helped write for Showtime and is about to embark on another with producers Karamo Brown (Queer Eye) and Stephanie Allain (Hustle & Flow, Dear White People). Her first original feature, The Subject, an indie about a white documentarian dealing with the moral fallout from exploiting the death of a black teen, is available on various VOD platforms after a successful film festival circuit during which it won over 30 prizes. www.chisahutchinson.com
Watch The Making of Whitelisted from the 2020 UNMUTED series. These interviews and discussions took place during the development process of the play.
True to CATF nature, some elements of the show have changed. Be on the lookout for updated information about the shows!
Playwright Interview
PLAYWRIGHT INTERVIEWS – CHISA – 2022
PLAYWRIGHT INTERVIEWS Interviews conducted and edited by Colin McGuire. At this poing, Chisa Hutchinson is a grizzled veteran of the Contemporary American Theater Festival. Having had two of her plays produced at past festivals, she’s back this year with Whitelisted, a play the author happily refers to as a horror story that focuses on racism, … Continued
Learn more about Whitelisted by reading the 2020 UNMUTED Companion. The Companion was created during the development process of the play.
