53% Of
by Steph Del Rosso

Name: 53% Of
Brand: Steph Del Rosso
SKU: 9780573710209
Rating: 3.79 (29 reviews)

Off-Broadway

Highlights

Female

90 mins Present Day All Women Unit Set/Multiple Settings Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes Comedy

Synopsis

The President is coming to town, and the ladies of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania are beside themselves planning for the big event.

Later, their husbands drink beer and talk smack.

Much later, a group of 20-somethings gather in Brooklyn to plan a fundraiser... or is it a march?

Or is it a ritual to absolve their own guilt?

A play about complicity and the violence of the status quo, 53% Of asks what happens when we stop equating white womanhood with goodness, and ignorance with innocence.

Press Reviews

"Del Rosso’s play is a kind of target practice, and in every act those targets are big... The conservative women crave status and recognition. The conservative men crave women who aren’t their wives. The liberal women mask ego as sanctimony."
— The New York Times

"An arresting, surprising, powerful play!"
— New Play Exchange

"Steph Del Rosso draws... unflattering parallels between the white women who voted for Trump and the ones who marched against him."
— TheaterMania

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Denise/Derek/Dana white	—	—	white
Sue/Stan/Sasha white	—	—	white
Vicky/Victor/Vivian white	—	—	white
Pj/Rj white	—	—	white
Kj BlackThe characters in Scenes 1 and 2 are in their 30s-40s.	—	30s	BlackThe characters in Scenes 1 and 2 are in their 30s-40s.
Leslie/Larry/Lucy white	—	—	white