Photo Flash: World Premiere of HOODED at Mosaic Theatre Company

Hooded, Or Being Black for Dummies, a World Premiere by Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm, will be directed by Serge Seiden (When January Feels Like Summer, Bad Jews) and associate directed by Vaughn Ryan Midder for Mosaic Theater Company of DC. Performances will run at the Atlas Performing Arts Center, Sprenger Theatre, January 25-February 19, 2017.

Check out photos from the show below!

A timely, irreverent examination of growing up black in America by rising-star local playwright Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm. Marquis, a book smart prep-schooler from suburban Maryland, meets Tru, a street savvy Baltimorean, in a holding cell. Tru thinks Marquis has lost his "blackness" and pens a manual entitled Being Black for Dummies, as they navigate a world of cheerleaders, Black Lives Matter, 2Pac, Nietzsche, Apollo, and Dionysus-each vying for Marquis' future.

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Photo credit: Stan Barouh

Jeremy Keith Hunter and Keith L. RoyAl Smith
Jeremy Keith Hunter and Frederick Strother
Keith L. RoyAl Smith and Madeline Burrows
Jeremy Keith Hunter and Keith L. RoyAl Smith
Keith L. RoyAl Smith
Jennifer Mendenhall, Emma Lou Hebert, and Madeline Burrows
Frederick Strother, Jeremy Keith Hunter, and Keith L. RoyAl Smith
Jennifer Mendenhall and Keith L. RoyAl Smith
Jennifer Mendenhall, Emma Lou Hebert, Madeline Burrows, Josh Adams, Dylan Morrison Myers, and Keith L. RoyAl Smith
Keith L. RoyAl Smith and Madeline Burrows
Jeremy Keith Hunter and Keith L. Royal Smit
Dylan Morrison Myers, Keith L. RoyAl Smith, Jeremy Keith Hunter, and Josh Adams as Fielder
Jeremy Keith Hunter, Dylan Morrison Myers, and Keith L. RoyAl Smith
Frederick Strother, Keith L. RoyAl Smith, and Josh Adams
Jeremy Keith Hunter and Keith L. RoyAl Smith
Jeremy Keith Hunter and Keith L. RoyAl Smith
Keith L. RoyAl Smith, Frederick Strother, and Dylan Morrison Myers
Keith L. RoyAl Smith and Madeline Burrows
Jeremy Keith Hunter (center) and members of the ensemble