Theatrical Outfit Presents Janece Shaffer’s BROWNIE POINTS Thru 2/28

Janece Shaffer's BROWNIE POINTS will continue to play at Theatrical Outfit until February 28.

When a fierce, unexpected storm strands a group of mothers and daughters on an overnight campout in the North Georgia mountains, ethnic and religious prejudices - some latent, others blatant - bubble to the surface and force the adults to examine which is deeper: the shared experience of motherhood or the conflicting judgments of their upbringing. In BROWNIE POINTS, Janece Shaffer (winner of the 2009 Gene Gabriel Moore Playwright Award for Managing Maxine) is at her most comical, touching and provocative as she dramatizes the dynamic of stereotypes in human relations.

Shaffer uses the power of Mother Nature to expose their vulnerabilities of motherhood and womanhood, asking: "...do we judge someone based on their best moment or their worst?"

After cultivating her ideas in various theater workshops throughout the nation, playwright Janece Shaffer concluded that "talking about race when it is framed in the reality of a first-grade girls overnight trip seems to make everyone comfortable enough to stay with the discussion that they might otherwise shy away from."

Directed by Jasmine Guy of A DIFFERENT WORLD and FOR COLORED GIRLS... fame, this play is sure to stir your soul and bring up great conversation!

The cast features Terry Burrell, Carolyn Cook, Mary Kathryn Kaye, Courtney Patterson, Courtney Patterson, and Nevaina Rhodes.

The creative team includes Jamie Bullins (Set Designer), Rob Dillard (Lighting Designer), Chase Wagner (Costume Designer), Jonathan Summer (Co-Sound Designer), and Monty Schuth (Hair & Wig Designer).

Performances oF BrownIE POINTS are Wednesdays - Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Sundays at 2:30 pm and Saturday Matinees on Feb. 13 & 27 at 2:30 pm.

There will be a post show discussion facilitated for the audience following every performance.
BROWNIE POINTS is recommended for ages 12 and up, because of adult language.

For more information or to order tickets, visit online at www.theatricaloutfit.org.

To see Janece Shaffer and director Jasmine Guy in discuss for BROWNIE POINTS, visit http://www.theatricaloutfit.org/index.html.

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