Yellow Man
by Dael Orlandersmith
Co-production with Nightwood Theatre
Berkeley Upstairs
2009
Directed by Weyni Mengesha
Cast
Ordena
Dean Marshall
In Yellowman, a finalist for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize in Drama, Alma and Eugene have known each other since they were young children. As their friendship blossoms into love, Alma struggles to free herself from her mother’s poverty and alcoholism, while Eugene must contend with the legacy of being “yellow”—lighter-skinned than his brutal and unforgiving father.
