Description
CHARACTERS
WOODROW WILSON—Caucasian, 50s, 28th President of the United States
(COLONEL) EDWARD HOUSE—Caucasian, 50s, Advisor to the President
MARGARET WOODROW WILSON—Caucasian, 20s, First Daughter and Acting First Lady
DAVID WARK (D.W.) GRIFFITH—Caucasian, 40s, Motion picture director
CLARENCE FIELDS—African American, 30s, White House servant
REVEREND RICHARD GAMBLE—Caucasian, 30s, Presbyterian minister
CORA GAMBLE—Caucasian, 30s, Wife of minister
EUGENY DEMIDOV—Caucasian, 50s or 60s, Russian Ambassador
MEDIA
During the COVID-19 Pandemic of 2019/2020 City Theater Company carried out an online reading of the play – you may find it here
REVIEWS
“Our crazy world just requires farce!! City Theater’s After Birth of a Nation supplies all the common ingredients of farce…It’s very funny and very telling.”
–DCMetro Theater Arts
“A zany comedy! Amusing and well-conceived physical comedy.”
–Broadway World
“Seems – almost eerily – as if it was created specifically for the current political and social climate. Unlike some popular farces (“Lend Me a Tenor” comes to mind), it bucks racial stereotypes rather than using racist imagery for laughs.”
–News Journal
“A quasi-historical farce loaded with sight gags, cross-dressing, snappy dialog and larger-than-life characters. The plot amusingly weaves from policy talk to social issues to religion to the arts and involves all but one of the characters – introducing the audience to who they are and what their intentions might be. The wacky first act sets up a screwball second. It builds to a hilarious climax. After Birth of a Nation is a funny look at what might have happened in 1915, but many of the jokes and comical references are topical. Robson has crafted his historical farce for today’s audiences.”
–Delaware Arts Info
PREVIEW
Preview available here
