Black and Blue — Jamar Gilbert

Name: Black and Blue — Jamar Gilbert
Start: 2025-09-13T21:20:00-07:00
End: 2025-09-26T20:25:00-07:00
Location: Willie Agee Playhouse

Schedule

Sat, 13 Sep, 2025 at 09:20 pm to Fri, 26 Sep, 2025 at 08:25 pm

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Location

Willie Agee Playhouse | Inglewood, CA

A dynamic exploration of the unanswerable question: Is there a right way to be Black in America?
About this Event

Black And Blue
Written and Performed by: Jamar Gilbert Directed by: Kayla Raelle
Drama, - 55 Minutes. Rated PG 13
Black and Blue is a visceral solo performance that fractures one Black man into four unforgettable voices—each grappling with survival in a country that can’t decide what to do with him. There’s Rukus, the old head who believes dignity is the only way to stay alive. Malik, the firebrand who dares to speak rage out loud. Officer Dennis, the dutiful protector haunted by guilt. And Julian, a wide-eyed boy just beginning to see the cracks in his world. Together, they wrestle with an impossible question: Is there a right way to be Black in America? What unfolds is part sermon, part scream, part elegy—and all heart. Laced with humor, pain, and poetic truth, Black and Blue invites audiences into the collision of identity, legacy, and resistance. Not to answer the question— But to sit in it. To feel it. To not look away.
Content Warning: Strong Language, Drug/alcohol, references, Violence.

Performance Times:

Sat, Sept 13th - 9:20 PM
Fri, Sept 26th - 7:30 PM

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