Barbecue / Bootycandy (TCG Edition)

Robert O'Hara

• Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
• Year: 2016
• ISBN:
  9781559368049
• Topic: Letteratura
• Subtopic: Teatro americano

"Searing and sensationally funny... As raw in its language and raucous in spirit as it is smart and provocative."— The New York Times

"Funny, smutty and enticingly subversive.... A toxically satiric portrait of American life."— Washington Post

"When I told my mother that a theater was putting on my play Bootycandy, her response was, 'What?! Bootycandy? These white folks are going to let you put on a play called Bootycandy?!? Are they crazy???' And my response was, 'Yes. Yes indeed.'"—Robert O'Hara

Sutter is on an outrageous odyssey through his childhood home, his church, dive bars, motel rooms, and even nursing homes. The journey uncovers characters who are at once fascinating, zany, controversial, and even a bit smutty, painting a portrait of life as a societal outlier. Based on the author's personal experience, Bootycandy is a kaleidoscope of sketches that interconnects to portray growing up gay and black. This subversive, uproarious satire crashes headlong into the murky terrain of pain and pleasure and... BOOTYCANDY!

Robert O'Hara is a playwright and director. His play Antebellum received a world premiere production from Woolly Mammoth Theater Company, and earned him a Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding New Play. He reworked The Wiz for its revival at La Jolla Playhouse. He wrote and directed the world premiere of Insurrection: Holding History (Public Theater, Oppenheimer Award for Best New American Play). As a director, he has won an Obie Award and an NAACP Best Director Award and has worked at acclaimed theaters throughout the United States.

BOOTYCANDY

To Lizzie B, my granny

PRODUCTION HISTORY

Bootycandy received its world premiere at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (Howard Shalwitz, Artistic Director; Jeffrey Herrmann, Managing Director) in Washington, DC, on May 30, 2011. It was directed by the author; the set design was by Tom Kamm, the costume design was by Kate Turner-Walker, the lighting design was by Colin K. Bills and the sound design was by Lindsay Jones. The production stage manager was William E. Cruttenden III. The cast was:

ACTOR 1	Jessica Frances Dukes
ACTOR 2	Phillip James Brannon
ACTOR 3	Laiona Michelle
ACTOR 4	Lance Coadie Williams
ACTOR 5	Sean Meehan

Bootycandy was subsequently produced at the Wilma Theater (Blanka Zizka, Artistic Director; James Haskins, Managing Director) in Philadelphia, PA, on May 15, 2013. It was directed by the author; the set and costume design was by Clint Ramos, the lighting design was by Drew Billiau and the sound design was by Lindsay Jones; the production stage manager was Patreshettarlini Adams. The cast was:

ACTOR 1	Jocelyn Bioh
ACTOR 2	Phillip James Brannon
ACTOR 3	Benja Kay Thomas
ACTOR 4	Lance Coadie Williams
ACTOR 5	Ross Beschler

Bootycandy was produced at Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) in New York City, on September 10, 2014. It was directed by the author; the set and costume design was by Clint Ramos, the lighting design was by Japhy Weideman and the sound design was by Lindsay Jones; the production stage manager was Marisa Levy. The cast was:

ACTOR 1	Jessica Frances Dukes
ACTOR 2	Phillip James Brannon
ACTOR 3	Benja Kay Thomas
ACTOR 4	Lance Coadie Williams
ACTOR 5	Jesse Pennington

CHARACTERS

ACTOR 1 (black woman, 20–30):

Young Black Mom, Adella, Big Shirley, Writer 1, Young Sibling, Intifada

ACTOR 2 (black man, 20–30):

Sutter

ACTOR 3 (black woman, 30–40):

Eudarrie, Lucy, Writer 2, Middle-Aged Mother, Genitalia

ACTOR 4 (black man, 30–40):

Reverend Benson, Writer 3, Stepfather, Larry, Old Granny

ACTOR 5 (white man, 20–40):

Roy, Clint, Moderator, Officiant, White Man

ACT ONE

Bootycandy (1970s)

Dreamin in Church (1980s)

Genitalia (1980s)

Drinks and Desire (1990s)

Mug (2000s)

Conference (Present D...