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Baltimore
by Kirsten Greenidge

Productions (22)

Drama
90 - 95 minutes
6 f, 3 m
Content Notes: Adult language.
Set: Minimal. The set does call for projections, but designers can find a way to represent this element creatively. Few large set pieces are called for and the playing space is meant to be fluid.
Standard Edition ISBN: 978-1-68069-018-7

Baltimore
by Kirsten Greenidge

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Drama
90 - 95 minutes
6 f, 3 m
Content Notes: Adult language.
Set: Minimal. The set does call for projections, but designers can find a way to represent this element creatively. Few large set pieces are called for and the playing space is meant to be fluid.

When a racially-charged incident divides her first-year students, reluctant resident advisor Shelby finds herself in the middle of a conversation she does not want to have. As pressure to address the controversy mounts from residents, the new dean, and even her best friend, Shelby must decide if she will enter the fray or watch her community come apart at the seams. Sharp, funny, and searing, Baltimore is a timely drama about racism on college campuses.

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Kirsten Greenidge Tackles College Racism in Baltimore

Play Details

Drama
90 - 95 minutes
6 f, 3 m
Content Notes: Adult language.
Set: Minimal. The set does call for projections, but designers can find a way to represent this element creatively. Few large set pieces are called for and the playing space is meant to be fluid.
Standard Edition ISBN: 978-1-68069-018-7

Published Reviews

"There's a compelling urgency running through Baltimore, and the play is another demonstration of Greenidge's grasp of social nuance, along with her understanding of racial and ethnic experience and identity in all their complexity... In the diversity of its dramatis personae and in the issues that drive the play, Baltimore feels utterly contemporary."

The Boston Globe

"The play ended with a push to start the conversation, so forceful that the minute it ended, I turned to my friend and began discussing what we just saw... I have never before experienced a performance where such a variety of ethnicities, political ideologies, sexual orientations and economic classes were addressed."

The Writer's Bloc, University of Maryland

"The trap that playwrights can fall into when forging a piece around burning social issues is that the dialogue can become preachy and trite. Kirsten Greenidge avoids this by creating a very real central character who is as confused and frustrated by race issues as the audience. Shelby wants a world in which race doesn't matter so badly that she puts blinders on and pretends it's already true."

Lansing CityPulse

"The gap Greenidge explores here, of knowledge versus information (and wisdom versus opinion), is a recurrent one in literature but it's never been more timely than it is now."

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NOV 07, 2019 - NOV 10, 2019 Quinnipiac University Theater Program Hamden, CT United States	Quinnipiac University Theater Program	Hamden, CT United States
MAY 02, 2019 - MAY 12, 2019 Collin County Community College Plano, TX United States	Collin County Community College	Plano, TX United States
MAR 01, 2019 - MAR 10, 2019 Binghamton University Binghamton, NY United States	Binghamton University	Binghamton, NY United States
FEB 25, 2019 - FEB 25, 2019 Boston College Theatre Department Chestnut Hill, MA United States	Boston College Theatre Department	Chestnut Hill, MA United States
FEB 01, 2019 - MAR 31, 2019 Sunflower County Freedom Project Sunflower, MS United States	Sunflower County Freedom Project	Sunflower, MS United States
JAN 08, 2019 - JAN 08, 2019 National YoungArts Foundation Miami Beach, FL United States	National YoungArts Foundation	Miami Beach, FL United States
NOV 07, 2018 - NOV 10, 2018 HSPVA- Theatre Houston, TX United States	HSPVA- Theatre	Houston, TX United States
AUG 19, 2018 - AUG 30, 2018 Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, GA United States	Kennesaw State University	Kennesaw, GA United States
APR 11, 2018 - APR 11, 2018 King/Drew Magnet High School Los Angeles, CA United States	King/Drew Magnet High School	Los Angeles, CA United States
APR 05, 2018 - APR 07, 2018 Kenyon College Gambier, OH United States	Kenyon College	Gambier, OH United States
MAR 08, 2018 - MAR 11, 2018 San Joaquin Delta College Stockton, CA United States	San Joaquin Delta College	Stockton, CA United States
DEC 05, 2017 - DEC 09, 2017 University Of Oklahoma Norman, OK United States	University Of Oklahoma	Norman, OK United States
NOV 15, 2017 - NOV 19, 2017 Cornish College Of The Arts Seattle, WA United States	Cornish College Of The Arts	Seattle, WA United States
NOV 09, 2017 - NOV 29, 2017 University Of Michigan - Flint Flint, MI United States	University Of Michigan - Flint	Flint, MI United States
SEP 27, 2017 - OCT 01, 2017 UNC Charlotte Department Of Theatre Charlotte, NC United States	UNC Charlotte Department Of Theatre	Charlotte, NC United States
APR 28, 2017 - MAY 06, 2017 Department Of Performing And Media Arts Ithaca, NY United States	Department Of Performing And Media Arts	Ithaca, NY United States
MAR 29, 2017 - APR 09, 2017 University Of Pittsburgh Department Of Theatre Arts Pittsburgh, PA United States	University Of Pittsburgh Department Of Theatre Arts	Pittsburgh, PA United States
FEB 02, 2017 - FEB 12, 2017 University Of Louisville Theatre Arts Louisville, KY United States	University Of Louisville Theatre Arts	Louisville, KY United States
OCT 20, 2016 - OCT 27, 2016 New Repertory Theatre Watertown, MA United States	New Repertory Theatre	Watertown, MA United States
OCT 20, 2016 - OCT 20, 2016 University Theatre At NC State Raleigh, NC United States	University Theatre At NC State	Raleigh, NC United States
APR 30, 2016 - MAY 11, 2016 College Of Marin Kentfield, CA United States	College Of Marin	Kentfield, CA United States
APR 06, 2016 - APR 09, 2016 Brookline High School Brookline, MA United States	Brookline High School	Brookline, MA United States

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NOV 07, 2019 - NOV 10, 2019 Quinnipiac University Theater Program Hamden, CT United States	Quinnipiac University Theater Program	Hamden, CT United States
MAY 02, 2019 - MAY 12, 2019 Collin County Community College Plano, TX United States	Collin County Community College	Plano, TX United States

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OCT 20, 2016 - OCT 27, 2016

New Repertory Theatre
Watertown, MA United States

New Repertory Theatre

Watertown, MA United States

Awards (1)

Big Ten Theatre Consortium New Play Initiative, 2015

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