CONFEDERATES by Dominique Morisseau
A Florida Premiere
Directed by Maha McCain
Sara risks everything to smuggle military secrets from her Confederate plantation to her Union-fighting brother. 160 years later, Sandra watches her tenured university career unravel after a racist image appears on her office door. This fresh from off-broadway, daringly unpredictable satire by acclaimed playwright Dominique Morisseau blends outrageous humor with sobering truths, challenging our perceptions of progress and history.
WHEN
July 12-27, 2025
PRICE
$40-$45 Tickets
$5-$25 Pay What You Want Preview on July 11th
WHERE
2304 N. Dixie Hwy, Wilton Manors
95 Minutes with no intermission
Ages 16+
Videos
Beyond the Stage Events
First Look Photos
Cast
Sandra | Rita Cole
Sara | Nai Fairweather
Abner/Malik | Denzel McCausland
Missy Sue/Candice | Gemma Berg
Luanne/Jade | Toddra Brunson
Creative Team
Director | Maha McCain
Playwright | Dominique Morisseau
Stage Manager | Amber Mandic
Assistant Stage Manager | Andrea Guardo-Cuao
Scenic Designer | Michael McClain
Lighting Designer | Annabel Herrera
Sound Designer | Ernesto Gonzalez
Props & Set Dressing Designer | Jameelah Bailey
Costume Designer | Casey Sacco
Intimacy Choreographer | Jeni Hacker
Hair & Makeup Designer/Board Operator | Lonnie Donavan
Technical Director | JB Green
Producing Artistic Director | Tim Davis
Special thanks to our Season Producers, Wayne & Lucretia Weiner, for making this production possible.
Resources
A broadsheet with primary source documents and artifacts curated by Mary Elliott, curator at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Unchained Memories – readings from the slave narratives (documentary)
Stamped from the Beginning
Book
Official Trailer
Felecia Caruthers (Winston-Salem State University Librarian) / African American Studies Library Guides
Center for Global Black Studies
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Whitfield Plantation - “Plantation Tourism Continues to Raise Questions”
Gaineswood at Demopolis, AL (Constructed 1843-1861)
“Daughters of Lorraine” - Howlround
Infographic of economic damage: a trillion-dollar debt that the u.s. owes Black america
Economics of Slavery: Stolen Labor, Stolen Wealth -- History of Africans in America (An Infographic)
The Systemic Scarcity of Tenured Black Women
The hostility Black women face in higher education carries dire consequences
The Problem with Black Women in Higher Education
Black Women’s Academic Work is Not for the Taking
This Harvard Study Reveals Why Black Women Are Set Up To Fail At Work
A seat at the table is not enough: a perspective on Black women representation in academia
Commentary: An exodus of Black women in academia hurts the workforce
Seven Black scholars invite you to learn history not taught in U.S. schools. Examining white supremacy and its antithesis—Black love—this class will challenge how you view race in America
Mary McLeod Bethune
Wikipedia
britannica.com
biographyhost.com
africanelements.com
Kimberlé Crenshaw
aclu.org
blackpast.org
Columbia Law
W.E.B. Du Bois
history.com
Major Works
bell hooks
books, in order
”The transgressive role of education: bell hooks’s legacy”
Nikole Hannah-Jones
britannica.com
Hannah-Jones Website