The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington (Regional, Steppenwolf -- Upstairs Theatre, 2022) | Playbill

The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington

Regional
Play


SYNOPSIS:

The recently widowed “Mother of America” lies alone in her Mount Vernon bed, ravaged by illness and attended to by the very same enslaved people who will be free the moment she dies. The form-shifting fever dream that follows takes us deep into the uncomfortable and horrific ramifications of this country’s original sin. Dizzying and fantastical, this skewering work from James Ijames’s daring voice puts the American myth on trial.



Directed by Whitney White

Featuring Sydney Charles, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Celeste M. Cooper, Nikki Crawford, Cindy Gold, Victor Musoni, Donovan Session, Arielle Leverett, Keith Illidge, Shawna Franks, Jazzlyn Luckett Aderele, Gabrielle Lott-Rogers, Jarred Webb

  • Running Time: 90 mins, no intermission
  • playwright: James Ijames
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