Examining the Nature of White Male Privilege | IN THE WORKS | THE SHED

“White privilege, for me, is not about economic privilege. Economic privilege plays into it, but it’s about the ability to live a life without being questioned at every turn.” — Claudia Rankine

Acclaimed poet and playwright Claudia Rankine and award-winning director Taibi Magar discuss how to have a conversation, Western theater’s addiction to solutions, and Rankine’s life experience leading to the creation of her new play “Help,” premiering at The Shed this spring.

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ABOUT “HELP”

In her newest work “Help,” a powerful new play commissioned by The Shed, Claudia Rankine examines the nature of white male privilege.

Roslyn Ruff (Theater: “Fairview;” Film: “Marriage Story;” TV: “Divorce,” “Pose”) stars as the Narrator, who recounts Rankine’s real-life conversations with white men that take place in transitional spaces like airports. As the stories unfold through monologues and staged scenarios, with Ruff supported by a cast of white male actors and dancers, “Help” explores how these conversations can go right, wrong, or raise new questions.

Directed by Obie Award-winner Taibi Magar (“Is God Is,” “Soho Rep”), “Help” builds on Rankine’s ongoing investigation into white male privilege, elements of which were shared in her recent, widely read New York Times Magazine essay, “I Wanted to Know What White Men Thought About Their Privilege. So I Asked.”

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