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3/Fifths: A provocative and radically satirical exploration of race and privilege in America

3/Fifths - Photo of "Mammy" character played by Vienna Carroll
Vienna Carroll, center, in an intentionally provocative scene. Credit: Caitlin Ochs for The New York Times

“Vienna Carroll, as the infant-swaddling, breast-exposed Mammy, turns in an exceptionally beautiful performance that’s conflicted and powerful.”
– Theatre Is Easy

 

3/Fifths
Written by James Scruggs
May 1 – 28, 2017
At 3LD Art & Technology Center
80 Greenwich Street (south of Rector St. & north of Edgar St.)

New York, NY 10006
Get directions
Phone: (212) 645-0374
1 to Rector St. (closest, same block); J/Z to Broad St.; 4/5 to Wall St.
http://www.3fifths.org

Staged as an immersive participatory carnival and cabaret, and sprawled across 10,000 square feet, 3/Fifths transformed 3LD Art + Technology Center into a dystopian interactive ethno-theme park known as SupremacyLand.  Mass incarceration, racist carnage, and political incorrectness have never been more entertaining!

Read reviews:
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Theatre Is Easy
StageBuddy
New York Times
Time Out New York

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