American Son at St Jacobs Country Playhouse

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An estranged interracial couple desperately look for information about their missing teenage son when he is detained by the local police following a traffic stop incident. The worried parents' disparate histories and backgrounds collide while two officers pursue details of the missing youth. Maternal, marital, and societal tensions escalate as all four become engulfed in a battle of bias, judgment, and racial prejudice that will never be as simple as black or white.Winner of the prestigious Laurents Hatcher Award and a New York Times Critics Pick, American Son is an explosive new drama that examines a nations racial divide through the eyes of parents whose worst fear hangs in the balance.

Authors

• Christopher Demos-Brown