Date/Time
Date(s) - 02/06/2026 - 03/01/2026
All Day
Location
The Drake
Categories
Check out PLANTATION BLACK, presented by InterAct Theatre Company. Get hooked on a story chronicling a sticky scenario, two centuries after a vague agreement binds a Civil War-era plantation family to the enslaved people working the land.
The situation comes to a head when the white and Black Prioleau descendants have to ultimately determine who owns the property. The promotional material notes: “PLANTATION BLACK’s innovative structure evokes the way history repeats itself, and the (sometimes) random ways we learn about our national and personal history.”
Phaedra Michelle Scott’s production is directed by Kimille Howard. Their work is wildly creative, offering six different potential starting points in history to kick off the play. Six actors play both Civil War and present-day characters. About 20 minutes before performances, a raffle ball drawing will determine where in history the performance shall begin.
Certain performances will include discussions with PLANTATION BLACK participants afterwards. Arrive 20 minutes prior, if interested in determining the production’s starting point. $12 per person; show times vary: 2 p.m. EST & 7 p.m. EST. InterAct Theatre Company @ The Drake, 302 S. Hicks St. 215-568-8079 or boxoffice@interacttheatre.org or https://www.interacttheatre.org/plantationblack