Melanie Maria Goodreauxâs latest play addresses the complicated racial distinctions that plague one New Orleans family with a line of lighter skinned African-Americans that âpass for white.âÂ
From the show:
They âpretendâ to be white to reap the benefits that come with âwhitenessâ but at what cost? Love lives long in New Orleans, and here romance, family secrets, and generational curses get all mixed up in Alvaâs gumbo! Buy tickets fast because Melanie Mariaâs last play at Theater for the New City SOLD OUT
