Greensboro: A Requiem
Description
On Nov 3, 1979, an anti–Ku Klux Klan rally was held in Greensboro, North Carolina; with TV news cameras rolling, the protesters were attacked by members of the Klan and the American Nazi Party, who shot 13 people, killing five. Emily Mann builds her play out of courtroom transcripts, news accounts and her own interviews with survivors, participants and personalities like David Duke. Her best work is in laying out the human complexities and regrets. Brad Akin's fluid, minimalist staging allows the ensemble to shine, most in multiple roles; the play's heart, oddly enough, is Alex Gillmor's chillingly straightforward, very human turn as its most unsympathetic character.—KV
