Race

"Gripping. . . . Deep in its gut, Mamet's new play argues, everything in America--and this play throws in sex, rape, the law, employment and relationships--is still about race."--"Chicago Tribune"

"A dramatist celebrated for introducing expletives to the American theatre now tackles a truly taboo four-letter word. . . . Most concerned with the power and treachery of language, Mamet remains American theatre's most urgent five-letter word."--"Guardian"

David Mamet, who took on the subject of sexual harassment with his 1992 drama "Oleanna," has once again ignited controversy, hitting the hot-button issue of our so-called post-racial society. When a rich white man is accused of raping a younger African American woman, he looks to a multicultural law firm for his defense. But even as his lawyers--one of them white, another black--begin to strategize, they must confront their own biases and assumptions about race relations in America. Currently playing to acclaim on Broadway in a production directed by Mamet, audience members may be moved to self-scrutiny by his signature gritty yet finely tuned language.

David Mamet is a playwright, director, author, essayist, screenwriter, and film director. He was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for "Glengarry Glen Ross," which also received a Tony Award nomination, along with "Speed-the-Plow." Other of his plays include "American Buffalo," "Oleanna," and "The Cryptogram."