Kaye Winks to Bring TOKEN to United Solo This Fall

Kaye Winks has been a toKen Black for as long as she can remember. In her new one-woman show Token, Winks shares her hilarious and often cringe worthy adventures in being that lone black person in a world of white.

Through her colorful portrayals of family, friends, strangers and foes, Winks offers a comic and ironic look at what it's like to be the toKen Black person.

But white people aren't her only target. Winks also casts a smart, funny and sometimes sobering lens on class clashes within the black community.

"Token is unapologetically un-PC, but it's fair in its political incorrectness because I pick on everyone equally," says Winks. "The show actually brings people together by 'telling it like it is.'" Token enjoyed a sold-out run at The Second City in Chicago, May-June 2017.

Don't miss Winks' timely and hilarious 60-minute takedown of the race discussion through the voices and stories of 30 characters we've all met at some point in our lives.

Check out Kaye Winks in Token, plus actual moments when she was the toKen Black, here.

Token, directed by Schoen Smith, will be presented Saturday, September 16, 2017 at 9:00 p.m. at Theatre Row: 410 West 42nd Street, New York City, as part of 2017 United Solo, the world's largest solo theatre festival, currently in its 8th year. TICKETS, with a price of $35 (plus a $2.25 theatre restoration charge) are available at Theatre Row box office, 410 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036, as well as over the phone at 212.239.6200 and online at telecharge.com. More details can be found at www.unitedsolo.org.

Kaye Winks has been a toKen Black since the day she was born in Midwestern suburbia to black Republicans. Today she is a stage and screen actress, writer, part-time funny person and full-time cat person. Winks trained at the Moscow Art Theater's Stanislavsky School in association with the American Repertory Theater and Harvard University. Her improv training was at the Second City Chicago. She also studied physical comedy and clown with world-renowned French master teacher, Philippe Gaulier. She has been featured in national commercial and print campaigns for Honda, Sony and Hot Pockets among others. In 2017, her irreverent solo show Token had a sold-out run at the renowned Second City Chicago and premiered in Los Angeles at Upright Citizen's Brigade (UCB) Theater. She has recently returned to Chicago following a six-year stint in LA.

Schoen Smith (director) is an actress, writer, producer and director. In March, she directed a sold-out, one-night only performance of Token as part of Collaboraction Theatre Company's Gender Breakdown Lounge series. She also premiered her original spoken word piece Hands Up at Collaboraction's 2016 PEACEBOOK Festival. Before moving to Chicago, she was Producing Director for DOMA Theatre Company in Los Angeles, and also produced the hit play Elevator in the inaugural Hollywood Fringe Festival. She is a co-producer on the award-winning documentary about homeless youth, American Street Kid, which won Best Social Impact Film at the Hollywood Film Festival and People's Choice Award and Power in Film Award at The Beloit International Film Festival this year. She is the Director of Development for Collaboraction and the VP of Development for Venture Hill Entertainment, LLC.

Photo Credit: Joel Maisonet