Last night, I saw the final performance of this riveting play that outwardly shouts the uncomfortably topics of race, gender, sex and so on. It's perfectly written and directed, and the four actors, individually, have strong, key roles that balance each other out.
Having been a fan of Jonathan Groff (Danny, the "real" playwright) in Spring Awakening and "Glee", it was awesome watching him live/in this intimate theatre - playing a hard-headed character, who [subconsciously] is a jerk and possibly a racist. Rutina Wesley, who is known as Tara in "True Blood", is smart, strong and stands to her guns as Emily (the "fake" playwright). Eddie Kaye Thomas was superb and hilarious as Pete (Danny's boyfriend/supporter/non-theatrical character), and Will Rogers was the perfect Trevor (chill grad school friend of Danny; later boyfriend of Emily).
I found this to be a powerful play that I wish I could have seen over and over again. Bravo!
Overview
The Submission is about a young gay man, who wrote a play about a black family in the projects. With concerns of not being accepted (for being a white man) for writing such a deep, dark story (about a black family), he hires a black actress to be the playwright until after the premiere performance at a distinguished festival.
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