August
22

DISSONANCE - ESSENTIAL THEATREA

Dissonance

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When best friends of 20 years meet at the new building where they plan to open their cafe met with secrets being revealed and hard discussions that have to be had in order to determine if their friendship and the business will survive.

 

“Two friends, twenty years, one difficult conversation.”

 

On the heels of summer 2020, can a black woman and a white woman have an honest, civil, and candid discussion about race? Can a friendship survive the brutal honesty of differing experiences? Dissonance is a two-woman play about race, love, and friendship. Angela and Lauren have been friends for more than 20 years. They met in graduate school, became godmothers to each other’s children, and are now starting a new business. As they open their cafe in a historic black neighborhood at Belmont and DeVillers street in Pensacola, Florida, they uncover deeply-held perceptions that threaten to dismantle their friendship.

 

Dissonance is a heart-warming conversation that explores the national hurt following George Floyd’s murder and how it impacts both black and white American women.

 

 

MIDWEEK PERFORMANCE

Thursday, August 18 | 7:30 p.m.

 

WEEKEND PERFORMANCES

Friday, August 19 | 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, August 20 | 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

 

*Post-show talkback after the 2 p.m. performance*

 

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