White Guy on the Bus

by Bruce Graham

directed by Max Minton

produced by Michael French for aluminous

Ray, a wealthy, white businessman, rides the bus through an impoverished black neighborhood and past the state penitentiary every Saturday. On his weekly ride he befriends Shatique, a young African-American woman putting herself through college and struggling to raise a son on her own. For a while the friendship offers more than either of them expected, but when Ray finally reveals why he’s riding the bus the threads that bind them gradually unravel in a complex web of race, privilege, heartache, and revenge.   

March 2nd - 11th, 2017
Flight Deck, Oakland

Going to St. Ives

by Lee Blessing

directed by Regina V. Fields

produced by Michael French for aluminous

May N'Kame, the mother of an African dictator, travels to England to see Dr. Cora Gage about medical treatment for her failing eyesight. Dr. Gage uses the consultation as an opportunity to raise the issue of the imprisonment of some of her colleagues. Meanwhile, May N'Kame's true motive in visiting the doctor is to obtain a poison with which to kill her murderous son. GOING TO ST. IVES is the story of two impressive women brought together by that which is personal and divided by that which is political as both seek to accomplish the greatest good.

March 3rd - 19th, 2016
Flight Deck, Oakland