Amerikin

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By Chisa Hutchinson
Directed by Jade King Carroll

In small-town Maryland, Jeff Browning resolves to give his newborn son every possible advantage – by joining a local white supremacist group. When his attempt to join is thwarted by some surprising ancestry test results, the line between “us” and “them” gets incredibly blurry. Jeff scrambles to maintain appearances, but his sanitized story starts to unravel when a prominent Black journalist and his daughter start asking questions.

Both bitterly funny and deeply compassionate, Amerikin explores the lengths we go to protect our own, the lies we tell ourselves, and the cost of division on us all.

Chisa Hutchinson developed Amerikin as part of the Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group at Primary Stages, and the play was featured in the 2018 Fresh Ink Reading Series.

Primary Stages is honored to produce Amerikin as part of 59E59’s AMPLIFY Festival: celebrating the work of Chisa Hutchinson. 

Lead support for Amerikin provided by The Andrew Leynse Legacy Project at Primary Stages.

Major season support provided by the Estate of Anne Bernstein, The Howard Gilman Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. 

CONTENT TRANSPARENCY

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Contains racial slurs, smoking, post-partum depression, descriptions of suicide, and a visible gun.

Post-performance talkbacks will be held on Sunday, March 23, and Thursday, April 3.