ABOUT
Directed by: Kayvon Khoshkam and Omari Newton
Featuring: Chris Francisque, Kiomi Pyke, Adrian Neblett, Andrew Creightney and Omari Newton
Lighting: Itai Erdel
Production Design: Markian Tarasiuk
ABOUT THE SHOW:
The New York Times says “Cultural images of black America are tweaked, pulled and twisted like Silly Putty in “The Shipment,” a subversive, seriously funny new theater piece”. Theatre Mania calls The Shipment “An insightful piece about black identity politics that is daring, provocative, and very, very funny.” Biting satire at its very best, The Shipment is a subversive modern minstrel show about Black identity meant to wake the world to the ridiculous narratives in dominant media. Five Black actors play a roster of characters that reads like a bad b-list of Black iconography: Video Ho, Crackhead John, Bad Cop, Standup Comedian, Drug Dealer Mama, Grandma from Heaven, and Record Company Executive, to name just a few. The brazen mash-up of these stereotypes with clichés, distortions, and brilliant sleights of hand all force us to go beyond the lampoon and shift the lens through which we perceive race in order to confront our own bias. Lighting by: Itai Erdal Set Design by: Markian Tarasiuk
press
http://vancouversun.com/entertainment/theatre/the-shipment-is-full-of-subversive-skewering-of-black-
stereotypes
https://www.vancouverpresents.com/theatre/shipment-modern-day-minstrel-show/
http://outtv.ca/blogs/shipment-coming-soon-vancouver/
https://www.darpanmagazine.com/events/lifestyle/speakeasy-theatre-presents-the-shipment/
https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/local-arts/the-shipment-cranks-up-black-stereotypes-to-11-in-onstage-satire
https://www.nsnews.com/entertainment/theatre/the-shipment-delivers-powerful-theatre-at-presentation-house-1.23967361
https://www.nsnews.com/news/north-vancouver-play-that-deals-with-racism-interrupted-by-heckler-1.23977761
https://www.sadmag.ca/blog/2019/10/3/the-shipment-a-satirical-play-by-a-korean-american-woman-about-black-representation
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/tuesday-sept-24-2019-tegan-and-sara-young-jean-lee-and-more-1.5294004/playwright-young-jean-lee-wants-to-destroy-our-preconceptions-of-black-identity-with-the-shipment-1.5294121
https://thecommentary.ca/ontheline/1765-omari-newton/
reviews
"We all still pay for "The Shipment." Discomfiting the comfy, Speakeasy's jarring minstrelsy reprises at Presentation House"
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"The Shipment comes out of the American, not the Canadian, experience although Power, in the interview, commented that Canadians frequently and smugly congratulate themselves on their racial tolerance."
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"So you think you know a lot about race? Well, this play may make you think again. The Shipment is a provocatively challenges notions of race, identity, privilege, and power in a way that only fully hits you once you leave the theatre."
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"The Shipment is unflinching. Young Jean Lee confronts race with a hammer built from humour and hurt"
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"We should all thank Speakeasy Theatre for bringing this cutting-edge script to Vancouver and for giving The Shipment such a solid production."
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"The Shipment's fine cast of actors succeeds in shaking the "woke""
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"Theatre review: The Shipment is bold, honest, and hilarious"
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"The Shipment has its Black actors call us motherfuckas and white racists and tries to make us think about why they’re doing that and why we’re laughing."
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"Judging by the riotous laughter at last night's ON show, the script and the performances deserved the stand-up wild-clapping 100% Huzzah! the crowd gave it."
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