Black Groups

Comic drama

Eugene Lee

7 m., 1 f.

Int.

It's summer, 1955, in the piney woods of East Texas where local men wander into Charlesetta's Top o' the Hill Cafe almost every night for comfort, solace and companionship. Times are changing, the Klan is active and young black men have been disappearing or turning up dead. This night, Delmus wants to celebrate getting a new job but the other regulars are skeptical. They try to warn him as they joke, feed the jukebox and play cards until betrayal catches all of them and life at Top o' the Hill is changed forever.

"Detonates as neatly as a time bomb." N.Y. Post.

"Demonstrates how cheering a play can be without necessarily being upbeat.... It has been written with a sense of life and with such craft ... that you're likely to walk out at the end feeling better for the sad events just witnessed." N.Y. Times.

"A sizzling drama." WCXR Radio.

"A kinetic, ruthless portrayal of self interest and betrayal." Variety.

FEE: $75 per performance.