Standing room only audiences cheered at the curtain call on West 54th Street in New York for this emotionally charged drama about a middle class black family coping with a shameful tragedy. It is the story of a decent mother who refuses to believe her three daughters when they tell her that her boyfriend is sexually molesting them until the youngest dies from a botched abortion touches a nerve that crosses class and cultural experiences.
You Shouldn't Have Told premiered at the American Theatre of Actors in 1996.