A Jumping-Off Point (Regional, Round House Theater - Bethesda, 2024) | Playbill

A Jumping-Off Point

Regional
Play


SYNOPSIS:

Leslie Wallace is a promising Black writer who has just landed her first deal with HBO. Her celebration is cut short when she gets a surprise visit from Andrew, a white man from her grad school cohort, who accuses her of plagiarizing his script. Their confrontation—and eventual uneasy alliance—forces a reckoning on representation, privilege, and who gets to tell what kinds of stories.

Full of humor and complex characters, A Jumping-Off Point is a sharp and electric new play from rising star playwright and screenwriter Inda Craig-Galván.



Directed by Jade King Carroll

Featuring Danny Gavigan, Cristina Pitter, Nikkole Salter, Nicole Ruthmarie Watkins, Jacob Thompson,