BEGINNING THURSDAY, FEB. 19
The Performing Artists Collective Alliance (PACA) is proud to present Straight White Men, a 90-minute “dramedy” that explores themes of identity and privilege. It’s Christmastime in the Midwest, and brothers Drew and Jake have come home to spend the holidays with their older brother Matt and their widowed father Ed. However, tensions rise as the men begin to question Matt’s life choices and what constitutes contentment and success.
Contrary to its title, Straight White Men was originally written by Young Jean Lee in 2014, and workshopped in a room consisting of women, people of color, and people identifying within the LGBTQIA+ community. By 2018, Lee had become the first Asian American woman to have a play produced on Broadway, her ultimate goal being to explore the expectations placed on “straight, white men” and acknowledge the controversy of what that title entails today…