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Winners have been announced for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Sarasota Awards! See who was selected audience favorite in Sarasota! Winners include Asolo Repertory Theatre, Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe and more.

Phone: (941) 366-1505 Why is Omari such an angry young man? A lesser playwright would offer a buzzword equation. White privilege + systemic racism = Black rage. Morisseau doesn’t. Her play doesn’t even define “pipeline.” You either know it, or you get it. Morisseau’s characters feel like real people. But they’re larger-than-life — and burn far brighter. It’s the difference between a flashlight and a laser beam.  L. Peter Callender’s direction honors the playwright’s hyper-r...