Personal History at UO University Theatre

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A play reading of Dominic Taylor's, "Personal History," directed by Stanley Coleman. Personal History follows an African-American couple as they navigate three moments in American life, stretched out over a century in the city of Chicago. The highly educated pharmacist Eugene enters the world of the play in 1903, outraged that he is overqualified and underemployed. At an elegant parlor party hosted by his white business associate, Eugene scandalizes the other guests by challenging their comfortable liberalism. He also meets his future bride, Bethany, herself an accomplished business owner. Toying with time, the play has the couple moving into this same home in an exclusive all-white neighborhood in the early 1950s. Race and class are further jumbled as the action shifts to the 1990s the house is now a chic restaurant where Eugene and Bethany, divorced years earlier, have their final transformative encounter.Personal History- Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc. (www.playscripts.com)2021. This stream was produced by special arrangements with Broadway Licensing/Playscripts. All rights reserved. By accepting the stream, you agree not to authorize or permit the stream to be copied, distributed, broadcast, telecast, or otherwise exploited, in whole or in part, in any media now known or hereafter developed.