AM I WHITE
full-length play
2M, 3F


When Neo-Nazi terrorist Wesley Connor returns to prison after a failed bomb plot, he is confronted with the two identities that threaten his position within the White Order of Thule most: fatherhood and his mixed race heritage.

Inspired by the true story of Leo Felton and Erica Chase, Am I White travels between linear narrative, recurring dreams, and minstrel show nightmare to discover if a singular self exists in post-modern, “post-racial” America. 

PRODUCTION HISTORY:

  • 2014 - Salvage Vanguard Theater (Austin, TX), WORLD PREMIERE

DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:

  • 2013 - Salvage Vanguard Theater (Austin, TX), workshop

  • 2013 - English Theatre Berlin (Berlin, Germany), reading

  • 2012 - Blackboard Reading Series (NYC), reading

  • 2009 - Salvage Vanguard Theater (Austin, TX), reading

AWARDS/HONORS:

  • Winner, 2015 Outstanding Original Script, B. Iden Payne Awards

  • Winner, 2015 David Mark Cohen New Play Award, Austin Critic's Table Awards

  • Honorable Mention, 2015 The List, The Kilroys

  • Finalist, 2012 O’Neill National Playwrights Conference

  • Finalist, 2012 Bay Area Playwrights Festival

  • Semifinalist, 2019 Princess Grace Award

  • Semifinalist, 2017 Orlando Shakespeare PlayFest

  • Semifinalist, 2013 nuVoices for a nuGeneration Festival

  • Semifinalist, 2013 Risk is THIS Festival, Cutting Ball Theatre

  • Semifinalist, 2012 Princess Grace Award

  • 2009 ScriptWorks Seed Support Grant

 
“In local playwright Adrienne Dawes’ intense new work, everything is mixed up: the present with the past, reality with the dream world, reason with feeling and, as the play’s title suggests, the very racial identities of the characters . . .”
— Claire Spera, Austin American Statesman

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