Urban Stages' World Premiere of HONKY Begins 3/14

Urban Stages' HONKY will open on Thursday, March 14, 2013 at Urban Stages (259 West 30 Street). Tickets will be $40 ($25 during previews) and are currently available at www.Smarttix.com or by calling 212.868.4444.

When violence breaks out in an African American community over a pair of "Sky Max" shoes, sales triple among white teens. Meanwhile, a new pill guarantees to cure racism, advertising that "if you think you don't need it - you're probably a racist." HONKY is a black comedy, in which five people, white and black, navigate the murky waters of race, rhetoric and basketball shoes.

Cast includes: Scott Barrow (Embraceable Me , Broadway's 33 Variations), Philip Callen (Regional: Bill W and Dr Bob, 1776, Bush Is Bad), Dave Droxler (Film: Limitless, Writer's Block), Danielle Faitelson (TV "Pzazz101," National Tour : If You Give A Pig A Pancake), Anthony Gaskins (Film Inside, A.R.T's Paradise Lost), Chris Myers (Classical Theatre of Harlem's Macbeth, Atlantic Stage's As Himself / 10x25), Reynaldo Piniella (TV: "Law & Order: SVU," "NYC 22". Film: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Broken City), Arie Bianca Thompson (Public's Henry V, Orpheus. Film: Wake Up Gone). Creative team includes: Roman Tatarowicz (Sets), Miriam Nilofa Crowe (Lights), Brandon Walcott (Sound), Caite Hevner (Projection Design)