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American Rot
Opening Date: Mar 14, 2024
Closing Date: Mar 31, 2024
Playing @
La MaMa - Ellen Stewart Theatre
66 East 4th Street, New York City, NY 10003-8903
Set in a diner off the New Jersey turnpike, two historically-linked American families explore the roots of their trans-generational trauma through difficult conversations on racism and white supremacy. Stricken with guilt, Jim Taney, a descendant of Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney, who penned the infamous Dred Scott decision of 1857, offers an apology to the family of Walter Scott, a descendant of the formerly enslaved Dred Scott. Walter, and a Chorus of other characters, investigate why an apology alone will not absolve Jim. As protest theater, the play confronts the concept of white “wokeness”, the boundaries of white liberalism and unveils the shared national consequences of white supremacy, serving as an entryway into a dialogue on reparations.
Performance Schedule
THURSDAY-SATURDAY @ 7 PM
SUNDAY @ 2 PM
Added performance March 18 @ 7 PM
Written By
- Kate Taney Billingsley
Music
- Kate Taney Billingsley
- Tyler Bernhardt & Dag Markhus
Director
- Estelle Parsons
Choreographer
- William Whitener
TDF Tickets Offers:
Listed at 
Never
Full-price tickets:
$10.00 - $30.00
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Accessibility
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Elevator/Escalator
Elevator access to the box office on the mezzanine and the theater on the 2nd floor. -
Restroom
Accessible bathrooms are available on the 2nd floor and 3rd floor. -
Seating
Capacity: 299 -
Telephone
None on premises -
Wheelchair Info
A wheelchair accessible entry door on E 4th Street Talk to a house manager at the performance for accessible seating.
