Overview

Follow an experienced Black stage actress through rehearsals of a major Broadway production in Alice Childress’s funny, moving, and ultimately shattering look at racism, identity, and ego in the high-stakes world of New York theatre. A scathing indictment of racism in American commercial theatre, Trouble in Mind tells the story of Wiletta Mayer, a Black actress cast in a supposedly “progressive” play about racism by a white male author—it turns out to be anything but progressive.

Top Cast

Denise Lee

Wiletta Mayer

D

David Coffee

Henry

C

Claire Greenberg

Judy Sears

B

Bob Hess

Bill O'Wray

T

Tony Key

Sheldon Forrester

Jeremy Rishe

Al Manners

M

Mac Welch

Eddie Fenton

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Zachary J. Willis

John Nevins

C

Candice Woods

Millie Davis