- Race begins as a crime mystery, as two high-profile lawyers—Henry (Keith Hamilton Cobb) who is black, and Jack (Richard B. Watson) who is white—are called to defend a wealthy white client Charles (Jim Ireland) who is charged with the rape of an African American woman. The client admits that he was intimate with his accuser but vehemently denies the charges of rape, insisting that the sex was consensual and that he and the woman were in love. As the two lawyers mull over the potential pitfalls in accepting the case, they enlist the help of their new associate, Susan (Stella Heath), a black woman in her 20s. In the lawyers’ struggle to find the truth, their own prejudices are exposed, and they quickly discover that present-day racial and gender politics are as complex as the case in front of them.
Race continues through November 11, 2012 at the John and Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center (812 East Rollins Street, Orlando, FL). Tickets for remaining performances, priced at $16-$40, are on sale now at (407) 447-1700, online athttp://orlandoshakes.org, and in person at the Box Office located inside the Lowndes Shakespeare Center, 812 East Rollins Street in Orlando’s Loch Haven Cultural Park.
