Nya, an inner-city public high school teacher, is desperate to give her only son Omari opportunities her students may never have. When a controversial incident at his upstate private school threatens to get him expelled, Nya must confront his rage and her own parental choices. Will she be able to reach him before a world beyond her control pulls him away? Acclaimed playwright Dominique Morisseau (Skeleton Crew) pens a deeply moving story of a mother’s fight to give her son a future — without turning her back on the community that made him who he is.

Dominique Morisseau has won numerous awards and fellowships, including two OBIE awards and a TONY nomination, the Sky-Cooper Prize, and the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama, among many others. Her work has been produced at major theaters throughout the nation. She is a recent Macarthur Genius Grant Fellow.

Actors' Reading Collective presents OUTSIDE THE BOX, a series of summer play readings.

ARC is actor-inspired, -shaped and -driven: a collective molded by our mutual efforts and member input. We’re deeply committed to changing the way BIPOC members are cast, and practice gender and age inclusion in an attempt to move our mutual humanity forward, to listen to what is needed, and what is lacking. We challenge ourselves to change. 

Our goal is to help support our members, many of whom have been severely impacted by the Covid-19 Pandemic with loss of jobs, funds, and health insurance, through this crisis and beyond. We exist solely on the revenue from our readings and patrons - any donations are humbly appreciated.

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