By George C. Wolfe
Directed by Pascale Florestal
Presented on the Main Stage

May 20 – June 5, 2022

The Colored Museum has electrified, discomforted, and delighted audiences of all colors, redefining our ideas of what it means to be black in contemporary America. Its eleven “exhibits” undermine black stereotypes old and new and return to the facts of what being black means.

The production is directed in a fresh, relevant new way for The Umbrella Stage Company by versatile director, dramaturge, educator, writer and collaborator Pascale Florestal, recently spotlighted in WBUR’s “2021 Artery 25: Artists Of Color Transforming The Cultural Landscape”.

In addition to theater talkbacks, the show experience will intersect with other programs at The Umbrella, including the “Past/Present/Future Gallery” exhibition, a mixed media group show featuring work by contemporary Black artists curated by Cedric Vise1 Douglas; an African-American History Walking Tour of Concord; partner activities with The Robbins House; and other community events.