The seven characters range in age from lag teens to mid sixties. The elder wisdom, brilliantly played by esau pritchett, speaks about respect, history and stry. Tristan mac wilds plays anger and laments consumerism and the objectification of black athletes. Brian tyrrell clark plays the character of happiness, and challenges notions about black struggle and class with his success,. I wanted to show spectrom all at the same time, to see the range, to show that we are not monolithic.
A playwright, poet, actor, director, and producer—Keenan Scott II joins to discuss his powerful and captivating Broadway play “Thoughts of a Colored Man.”