“So, hunny, don’t waste your time trying to label or define me…’cause I’m not what I was ten years ago or ten minutes ago. While Wolfes goal was to bring laughter around the racism and race relations in America, the underlying goal was to challenge and he did just that. These exhibits that Wolfe creates in this play hold true to the anger, the life and the struggles that blacks experienced in the 1980’s. Wolfe was a satirist, he used humor as the vehicle to drive home the message that surrounded the topics most would find uncomfortable to discuss. The focus of this play was on what it meant to be black in what is described as contemporary America. I ended up having the stomach bug, and that was the last time I set foot on stage. I remember being mortified and I ran off stage.
I get called in and I state my name, and just as I was about to start my lines I projectile vomited. The day of the audition comes, and my stomach was bothering me and I thought it was just butterflies. A local theater held auditions of this play a few years ago, and I practiced my lines and practiced my lines. I have been in about 4 plays and 1 musical. A funny fact about me, I am a lover of theater.
