White Noise
by Suzan-lori Parks

White Noise Book Cover
White Noise Cover

Highlights

120 mins Present Day Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle) Unit Set/Multiple Settings Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes

Awards & Recognition

Outer Critics Circle

Winner! 2019 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play

Synopsis

White Noise; An unflinching look at race in the 21st century from both a black and white perspective, from a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright.

Press Reviews

"Sharp, zingy and oozing a darkly witty energy... a propulsive drama with pace, plotting and a deadly magnetism."

— The Guardian

"NYT Critic's Pick. “Enthrallingly thought-packed! In burrowing deep into what one character calls 'the worm hole' of how we talk – and think – about race, Ms. Parks isn’t cutting anyone any slack. Herself included."

— The New York Times

"The brilliance of Suzan-Lori Parks's eviscerating new play White Noise is that underneath the finely crafted, often sharply funny apparent realism of its surface, its roots stretch deep away into archetype."

— Vulture

"Excellent! White Noise is both a thought-provoking and thoughtful examination of racism, and the vexed politics of race and identity that have tested interracial relations personally and politically to so many breaking points."

— The Daily Beast

"Scalding... the tension [Parks] builds as she unfolds her arguments has you leaning forward in your seat... The play never stops working as fierce, gripping drama."

— WhatsOnStage

Characters

Character
Dawn

early 30s, of European descent

Misha

early 30s, of African descent

Ralph

early 30s, of European descent

Leo

early 30s, of African descent

Publication

Publisher Nick Hern Books
Year 2021
ISBN-13 9780573708329
ISBN-10 0573708320

White Noise is a play written by Suzan-lori Parks and published by Nick Hern Books (2021).

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