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MILK LIKE SUGAR
Mar 02 – Mar 25 2017
March 2 – March 25, 2017
By Kirsten Greenidge
2012 Obie Award Winner
2011 Edgerton Foundation Winner (New American Play Award)
2011 San Diego Critics Circle Craig Noel Award Winner (Outstanding New Play)
It is Annie Desmond’s sixteenth birthday and her friends have decided to help her celebrate in style, complete with a brand new tattoo. Before her special night is over, however, Annie and her friends enter into a life altering pact. When Annie tries to make good on her promise to her friends, she is forced to take a good look at the world that surrounds her. She befriends Malik, who promises a bright future, and Keera, whose evangelical leanings inspire Annie in a way her young parents have not been able to do. In the end Annie’s choices propel her onto an irreversible path in this story that combines wit, poetry, and hope.
“A distinctive view of a matter of vital currency, crisply delineated characters who reveal more layers as the play proceeds, richly funny vernacular dialogue… Milk Like Sugar delivers piercing glimpses of the way underachievement and unhappiness are passed down from generation to generation.” – The New York Times
“Kirsten Greenidge’s fast-talking, victim-taking New York debut.” – Entertainment Weekly
“The title refers to the sweet powdered milk that offers far more flavor than nutritional value. But the tart Milk Like Sugar offers plenty of both!” – The New York Post
Tickets
Adults – $37.50
Seniors – $33 – 65+
Students – $17 – with valid school ID
3/17 – INSIDE THE DIRECTING OF MILK LIKE SUGAR: A CONVERSATION WITH MALIKA OYETIMEIN *CANCELLED*
Join us at 6:30pm before the performance for a special seminar about Milk Like Sugar, featuring a conversation between director Malika Oyetimein and ArtsWest Artistic Director Mathew Wright. Tickets are only $5 and can be purchased whether or not you plan to attend that evening’s performance of Milk Like Sugar. Don’t miss it!
BUY TICKETS TO THE 3/17 SEMINAR
3/18 – TALK BACK WITH MILK LIKE SUGAR CAST
Ticket holders to the Saturday, March 18 performance are invited to join us for a special evening with the Milk Like Sugar cast. After the 7:30pm performance, engage in a conversation with the cast about the themes, issues and creative challenges involved with this powerful production.
BUY TICKETS TO THE 3/18 PERFORMANCE
Note about content: Milk Like Sugar incorporates mature themes, including teen pregnancy, and features some use of strong language.
Milk Like Sugar features some use of water-based haze.
It is Annie Desmond’s sixteenth birthday and her friends have decided to help her celebrate in style, complete with a brand new tattoo. Before her special night is over, however, Annie and her friends enter into a life altering pact. When Annie tries to make good on her promise to her friends, she is forced to take a good look at the world that surrounds her. She befriends Malik, who promises a bright future, and Keera, whose evangelical leanings inspire Annie in a way her young parents have not been able to do. In the end Annie’s choices propel her onto an irreversible path in this story that combines wit, poetry, and hope.
Tickets
Adults – $37.50
Seniors – $33 – 65+
Students – $17 – with valid school ID
Cast
Allyson Lee Brown – Annie
Jay O’Leary – Talisha
Nastacia Guimont – Margie
Andre G. Brown – Antwoine
Marlette Buchannan – Myrna
Dimitri Woods – Malik
Lindsay Zae Summers – Keera
Crew
Directed by Malika Oyetimein
Stage Manager – Melanie LeDuc
Lighting Designer – Alyssa Millione
Costume Designer – Kelsey Rogers
Scenic Designer – Jenny Littlefield
Sound Designer – Stephon Dorsey
Props Master – Emma Ambacher
