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SEASON 9 | 2024–2025

OCT 18 ‒ NOV 2, 2024

MATCH | Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston

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RUNTIME: 1 hr 35 minutes (no intermission)

When a prominent white businessman is charged with the sexual assault of a black woman, he employs a multicultural law firm to defend him. As the legal team examines the case, the evidence raises questions about the accused's firsthand account. How far will they go in defense of their client and the pursuit of actual justice? Race examines how truth is not always the goal when it comes to the legal system and the biases within. In fact, truth can be disruptive.

The Story

Two lawyers find themselves defending a wealthy white executive charged with raping a black woman. When a new legal assistant gets involved in the case, the opinions that boil beneath explode to the surface. When David Mamet turns the spotlight on what we think but can’t say, dangerous truths are revealed, and no punches are spared.

The Story

The Reason

MALINDA L. BECKHAM, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

When we first chose Appropriate by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins for the season, I had no idea it would end up on Broadway and be nominated for eight Tony awards before we even had a chance to stage it. That says a lot about this play. Seeing it in New York just confirmed for me why we chose the play in the first place.

This is our season of “Nature versus Nurture” and Appropriate explores how our thoughts and ideas are born and cultivated within us based on our own individual experiences, feelings, and memories. The three siblings in the play had the same father, yet they each had a different relationship with him. They were given the same opportunities but chose differently what to do with them. They all had the same values instilled in them yet have a set that is uniquely their own. One’s ability to give and receive nurturing changes through lived experiences, life changes, and evolving beliefs. Nurturing is sometimes embedded in how we perceive the giver, making it an individual experience. Do we receive it? Do we turn our backs on it? Do we rebel against it? Does the giver rescind it? What we choose to do with our own circumstances is very much a part of our nature.

Toni has a line in the play that says, “Or is family a bunch of mismatched memories. Stories you tell yourself when you need an excuse to explain why you feel trapped, or broken, or cheated.” Our relationship with an individual can be very different from someone else’s. Our own nature sometimes limits us in the ability to be nurtured.

Fun fact: Cicadas have no ability to hear and therefore cannot hear how loud they are. This family is the same.

Please enjoy our production of Appropriate.

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The Reviews

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“APPROPRIATE is an embarrassment of riches when you look at acting and theatre craft, and it should be celebrated and not missed.”

“It's a powerful piece of theatre”

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The Reaction

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Jay Sullivan*

Andraes Hunt

Jack

Henry

Race Team

CAST

CREATIVE TEAM

John Baker

Ashlyn Evans

Lighting Design

Susan

Malinda L. Beckham

Barbara Alicea-Aponte

Aaron Alford*

Mark A. Lewis

Director, Costume & Co-Scenic Design

Assistant Director & Production Stage Manager

Charles

Co-Scenic Design

Trevor B. Cone

Sound Design & Production Manager

Gary Griffin

Photographer

* The Actor appears through the courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.