Abstract
Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. —"Dazzling and ruthless... One of the most exquisitely and systematically arranged ambushes of an unsuspecting audience in years... A glorious, scary reminder of the unmatched power of live theater to rattle, roil and shake us wide awake." —Ben Brantley, New York Times. —Grandma's birthday approaches. Beverly is organizing the perfect dinner, but everything seems doomed from the start: the silverware is all wrong, the carrots need chopping and the radio is on the fritz. What at first appears to be a family comedy takes a sharp, sly turn into a startling examination of deep-seated paradigms about race in America.