Anacostia Playhouse

Directed by Raymond O. Caldwell and Angelisa Gillyard Featured artists include Jared Shamberger and others! It's another day in another southern country-fried town . . but something's missing. All the Black residents have mysteriously disappeared! With unexpected holes left in the town's daily operations, a whirlwind of panic rushes through the town, moving the remaining residents to recognize how much their Black neighbors contribute to the town's vitality. A reverse minstrel show, Ward's 1965 script provides a comedic and pointed…

Adventures in Arden, an interactive puppet show based on Shakespeare’s As You Like It, includes live and recorded music and a workshop that encourages imagination. Best for ages 4-10. October 19, November 9: 10:30 AM ABOUT SHAKESPEARE FOR THE YOUNG Shakespeare for the Young was designed by Annie Houston, Cam Magee and Dawn Thomas to bring Shakespeare to young audiences. The target ages are 2-8. Shakespeare for the Young has chosen the medium of puppetry in combination with the artists…

Directed by Raymond O. Caldwell and Angelisa Gillyard Featured artists include Jared Shamberger and others! It's another day in another southern country-fried town . . but something's missing. All the Black residents have mysteriously disappeared! With unexpected holes left in the town's daily operations, a whirlwind of panic rushes through the town, moving the remaining residents to recognize how much their Black neighbors contribute to the town's vitality. A reverse minstrel show, Ward's 1965 script provides a comedic and pointed…

Directed by Raymond O. Caldwell and Angelisa Gillyard Featured artists include Jared Shamberger and others! It's another day in another southern country-fried town . . but something's missing. All the Black residents have mysteriously disappeared! With unexpected holes left in the town's daily operations, a whirlwind of panic rushes through the town, moving the remaining residents to recognize how much their Black neighbors contribute to the town's vitality. A reverse minstrel show, Ward's 1965 script provides a comedic and pointed…

INDUSTRY NIGHT Day of Absence by Douglas Turner Ward Directed by Raymond O. Caldwell and Angelisa Gillyard It’s another morning in another country fried southern town. As citizens begin to stir, they are forced to deal with a shocking discovery that sends the town topsy turvy. Reclaiming the complexity and depth of the African-American population, Ward’s 1965 script and this imaginative retelling is a comedic and pointed commentary on systemic racism that still bears relevance today. Douglas Turner Ward’s Day…

Directed by Raymond O. Caldwell and Angelisa Gillyard Featured artists include Jared Shamberger and others! It's another day in another southern country-fried town . . but something's missing. All the Black residents have mysteriously disappeared! With unexpected holes left in the town's daily operations, a whirlwind of panic rushes through the town, moving the remaining residents to recognize how much their Black neighbors contribute to the town's vitality. A reverse minstrel show, Ward's 1965 script provides a comedic and pointed…

Directed by Raymond O. Caldwell and Angelisa Gillyard Featured artists include Jared Shamberger and others! It's another day in another southern country-fried town . . but something's missing. All the Black residents have mysteriously disappeared! With unexpected holes left in the town's daily operations, a whirlwind of panic rushes through the town, moving the remaining residents to recognize how much their Black neighbors contribute to the town's vitality. A reverse minstrel show, Ward's 1965 script provides a comedic and pointed…

Directed by Raymond O. Caldwell and Angelisa Gillyard Featured artists include Jared Shamberger and others! It's another day in another southern country-fried town . . but something's missing. All the Black residents have mysteriously disappeared! With unexpected holes left in the town's daily operations, a whirlwind of panic rushes through the town, moving the remaining residents to recognize how much their Black neighbors contribute to the town's vitality. A reverse minstrel show, Ward's 1965 script provides a comedic and pointed…

Directed by Raymond O. Caldwell and Angelisa Gillyard Featured artists include Jared Shamberger and others! It's another day in another southern country-fried town . . but something's missing. All the Black residents have mysteriously disappeared! With unexpected holes left in the town's daily operations, a whirlwind of panic rushes through the town, moving the remaining residents to recognize how much their Black neighbors contribute to the town's vitality. A reverse minstrel show, Ward's 1965 script provides a comedic and pointed…

Directed by Raymond O. Caldwell and Angelisa Gillyard Featured artists include Jared Shamberger and others! It's another day in another southern country-fried town . . but something's missing. All the Black residents have mysteriously disappeared! With unexpected holes left in the town's daily operations, a whirlwind of panic rushes through the town, moving the remaining residents to recognize how much their Black neighbors contribute to the town's vitality. A reverse minstrel show, Ward's 1965 script provides a comedic and pointed…

Directed by Raymond O. Caldwell and Angelisa Gillyard Featured artists include Jared Shamberger and others! It's another day in another southern country-fried town . . but something's missing. All the Black residents have mysteriously disappeared! With unexpected holes left in the town's daily operations, a whirlwind of panic rushes through the town, moving the remaining residents to recognize how much their Black neighbors contribute to the town's vitality. A reverse minstrel show, Ward's 1965 script provides a comedic and pointed…

Directed by Raymond O. Caldwell and Angelisa Gillyard Featured artists include Jared Shamberger and others! It's another day in another southern country-fried town . . but something's missing. All the Black residents have mysteriously disappeared! With unexpected holes left in the town's daily operations, a whirlwind of panic rushes through the town, moving the remaining residents to recognize how much their Black neighbors contribute to the town's vitality. A reverse minstrel show, Ward's 1965 script provides a comedic and pointed…

Directed by Raymond O. Caldwell and Angelisa Gillyard Featured artists include Jared Shamberger and others! It's another day in another southern country-fried town . . but something's missing. All the Black residents have mysteriously disappeared! With unexpected holes left in the town's daily operations, a whirlwind of panic rushes through the town, moving the remaining residents to recognize how much their Black neighbors contribute to the town's vitality. A reverse minstrel show, Ward's 1965 script provides a comedic and pointed…

Adventures in Arden, an interactive puppet show based on Shakespeare’s As You Like It, includes live and recorded music and a workshop that encourages imagination. Best for ages 4-10. October 19, November 9: 10:30 AM ABOUT SHAKESPEARE FOR THE YOUNG Shakespeare for the Young was designed by Annie Houston, Cam Magee and Dawn Thomas to bring Shakespeare to young audiences. The target ages are 2-8. Shakespeare for the Young has chosen the medium of puppetry in combination with the artists…

This Bitter Earth  by Harrison David Rivers February 22, 2020 – March 22, 2020 Directed by Otis Ramsay-Zöe Jesse, an introspective black playwright, finds his lack of activism questioned by his white boyfriend, Neil, an impassioned member of the Black Lives Matter Movement. Tensions between them continue to grow with each headline announcing another extrajudicial killing. But the human heart can hold complex and often contradictory things, and the two men find themselves at a crossroads. This Bitter Earth explores the quiet…

This Bitter Earth  by Harrison David Rivers February 22, 2020 – March 22, 2020 Directed by Otis Ramsay-Zöe Jesse, an introspective black playwright, finds his lack of activism questioned by his white boyfriend, Neil, an impassioned member of the Black Lives Matter Movement. Tensions between them continue to grow with each headline announcing another extrajudicial killing. But the human heart can hold complex and often contradictory things, and the two men find themselves at a crossroads. This Bitter Earth explores the quiet…

This Bitter Earth  by Harrison David Rivers February 22, 2020 – March 22, 2020 Directed by Otis Ramsay-Zöe Jesse, an introspective black playwright, finds his lack of activism questioned by his white boyfriend, Neil, an impassioned member of the Black Lives Matter Movement. Tensions between them continue to grow with each headline announcing another extrajudicial killing. But the human heart can hold complex and often contradictory things, and the two men find themselves at a crossroads. This Bitter Earth explores the quiet…

This Bitter Earth  by Harrison David Rivers February 22, 2020 – March 22, 2020 Directed by Otis Ramsay-Zöe Jesse, an introspective black playwright, finds his lack of activism questioned by his white boyfriend, Neil, an impassioned member of the Black Lives Matter Movement. Tensions between them continue to grow with each headline announcing another extrajudicial killing. But the human heart can hold complex and often contradictory things, and the two men find themselves at a crossroads. This Bitter Earth explores the quiet…

This Bitter Earth  by Harrison David Rivers February 22, 2020 – March 22, 2020 Directed by Otis Ramsay-Zöe Jesse, an introspective black playwright, finds his lack of activism questioned by his white boyfriend, Neil, an impassioned member of the Black Lives Matter Movement. Tensions between them continue to grow with each headline announcing another extrajudicial killing. But the human heart can hold complex and often contradictory things, and the two men find themselves at a crossroads. This Bitter Earth explores the quiet…

This Bitter Earth  by Harrison David Rivers February 22, 2020 – March 22, 2020 Directed by Otis Ramsay-Zöe Jesse, an introspective black playwright, finds his lack of activism questioned by his white boyfriend, Neil, an impassioned member of the Black Lives Matter Movement. Tensions between them continue to grow with each headline announcing another extrajudicial killing. But the human heart can hold complex and often contradictory things, and the two men find themselves at a crossroads. This Bitter Earth explores the quiet…

This Bitter Earth  by Harrison David Rivers February 22, 2020 – March 22, 2020 Directed by Otis Ramsay-Zöe Jesse, an introspective black playwright, finds his lack of activism questioned by his white boyfriend, Neil, an impassioned member of the Black Lives Matter Movement. Tensions between them continue to grow with each headline announcing another extrajudicial killing. But the human heart can hold complex and often contradictory things, and the two men find themselves at a crossroads. This Bitter Earth explores the quiet…

This Bitter Earth  by Harrison David Rivers February 22, 2020 – March 22, 2020 Directed by Otis Ramsay-Zöe Jesse, an introspective black playwright, finds his lack of activism questioned by his white boyfriend, Neil, an impassioned member of the Black Lives Matter Movement. Tensions between them continue to grow with each headline announcing another extrajudicial killing. But the human heart can hold complex and often contradictory things, and the two men find themselves at a crossroads. This Bitter Earth explores the quiet…

This Bitter Earth  by Harrison David Rivers February 22, 2020 – March 22, 2020 Directed by Otis Ramsay-Zöe Jesse, an introspective black playwright, finds his lack of activism questioned by his white boyfriend, Neil, an impassioned member of the Black Lives Matter Movement. Tensions between them continue to grow with each headline announcing another extrajudicial killing. But the human heart can hold complex and often contradictory things, and the two men find themselves at a crossroads. This Bitter Earth explores the quiet…

This Bitter Earth  by Harrison David Rivers February 22, 2020 – March 22, 2020 Directed by Otis Ramsay-Zöe Jesse, an introspective black playwright, finds his lack of activism questioned by his white boyfriend, Neil, an impassioned member of the Black Lives Matter Movement. Tensions between them continue to grow with each headline announcing another extrajudicial killing. But the human heart can hold complex and often contradictory things, and the two men find themselves at a crossroads. This Bitter Earth explores the quiet…

This Bitter Earth  by Harrison David Rivers February 22, 2020 – March 22, 2020 Directed by Otis Ramsay-Zöe Jesse, an introspective black playwright, finds his lack of activism questioned by his white boyfriend, Neil, an impassioned member of the Black Lives Matter Movement. Tensions between them continue to grow with each headline announcing another extrajudicial killing. But the human heart can hold complex and often contradictory things, and the two men find themselves at a crossroads. This Bitter Earth explores the quiet…

This Bitter Earth  by Harrison David Rivers February 22, 2020 – March 22, 2020 Directed by Otis Ramsay-Zöe Jesse, an introspective black playwright, finds his lack of activism questioned by his white boyfriend, Neil, an impassioned member of the Black Lives Matter Movement. Tensions between them continue to grow with each headline announcing another extrajudicial killing. But the human heart can hold complex and often contradictory things, and the two men find themselves at a crossroads. This Bitter Earth explores the quiet…

This Bitter Earth  by Harrison David Rivers February 22, 2020 – March 22, 2020 Directed by Otis Ramsay-Zöe Jesse, an introspective black playwright, finds his lack of activism questioned by his white boyfriend, Neil, an impassioned member of the Black Lives Matter Movement. Tensions between them continue to grow with each headline announcing another extrajudicial killing. But the human heart can hold complex and often contradictory things, and the two men find themselves at a crossroads. This Bitter Earth explores the quiet…

INDUSTRY NIGHT This Bitter Earth by Harrison David Rivers Directed by Otis Ramsay–Zöe Jesse, an introspective black playwright, finds his lack of activism questioned by his white boyfriend, Neil, an impassioned member of the Black Lives Matter Movement. Tensions between them continue to grow with each headline announcing another extrajudicial killing. But the human heart can hold complex and often contradictory things, and the two men find themselves at a crossroads. This Bitter Earth explores the quiet revolutions of normalcy, reminding us…

This Bitter Earth  by Harrison David Rivers February 22, 2020 – March 22, 2020 Directed by Otis Ramsay-Zöe Jesse, an introspective black playwright, finds his lack of activism questioned by his white boyfriend, Neil, an impassioned member of the Black Lives Matter Movement. Tensions between them continue to grow with each headline announcing another extrajudicial killing. But the human heart can hold complex and often contradictory things, and the two men find themselves at a crossroads. This Bitter Earth explores the quiet…

This Bitter Earth  by Harrison David Rivers February 22, 2020 – March 22, 2020 Directed by Otis Ramsay-Zöe Jesse, an introspective black playwright, finds his lack of activism questioned by his white boyfriend, Neil, an impassioned member of the Black Lives Matter Movement. Tensions between them continue to grow with each headline announcing another extrajudicial killing. But the human heart can hold complex and often contradictory things, and the two men find themselves at a crossroads. This Bitter Earth explores the quiet…

This Bitter Earth  by Harrison David Rivers February 22, 2020 – March 22, 2020 Directed by Otis Ramsay-Zöe Jesse, an introspective black playwright, finds his lack of activism questioned by his white boyfriend, Neil, an impassioned member of the Black Lives Matter Movement. Tensions between them continue to grow with each headline announcing another extrajudicial killing. But the human heart can hold complex and often contradictory things, and the two men find themselves at a crossroads. This Bitter Earth explores the quiet…

This Bitter Earth  by Harrison David Rivers February 22, 2020 – March 22, 2020 Directed by Otis Ramsay-Zöe Jesse, an introspective black playwright, finds his lack of activism questioned by his white boyfriend, Neil, an impassioned member of the Black Lives Matter Movement. Tensions between them continue to grow with each headline announcing another extrajudicial killing. But the human heart can hold complex and often contradictory things, and the two men find themselves at a crossroads. This Bitter Earth explores the quiet…

This Bitter Earth  by Harrison David Rivers February 22, 2020 – March 22, 2020 Directed by Otis Ramsay-Zöe Jesse, an introspective black playwright, finds his lack of activism questioned by his white boyfriend, Neil, an impassioned member of the Black Lives Matter Movement. Tensions between them continue to grow with each headline announcing another extrajudicial killing. But the human heart can hold complex and often contradictory things, and the two men find themselves at a crossroads. This Bitter Earth explores the quiet…

This Bitter Earth  by Harrison David Rivers February 22, 2020 – March 22, 2020 Directed by Otis Ramsay-Zöe Jesse, an introspective black playwright, finds his lack of activism questioned by his white boyfriend, Neil, an impassioned member of the Black Lives Matter Movement. Tensions between them continue to grow with each headline announcing another extrajudicial killing. But the human heart can hold complex and often contradictory things, and the two men find themselves at a crossroads. This Bitter Earth explores the quiet…

This Bitter Earth  by Harrison David Rivers February 22, 2020 – March 22, 2020 Directed by Otis Ramsay-Zöe Jesse, an introspective black playwright, finds his lack of activism questioned by his white boyfriend, Neil, an impassioned member of the Black Lives Matter Movement. Tensions between them continue to grow with each headline announcing another extrajudicial killing. But the human heart can hold complex and often contradictory things, and the two men find themselves at a crossroads. This Bitter Earth explores the quiet…

This Bitter Earth  by Harrison David Rivers February 22, 2020 – March 22, 2020 Directed by Otis Ramsay-Zöe Jesse, an introspective black playwright, finds his lack of activism questioned by his white boyfriend, Neil, an impassioned member of the Black Lives Matter Movement. Tensions between them continue to grow with each headline announcing another extrajudicial killing. But the human heart can hold complex and often contradictory things, and the two men find themselves at a crossroads. This Bitter Earth explores the quiet…

This Bitter Earth  by Harrison David Rivers February 22, 2020 – March 22, 2020 Directed by Otis Ramsay-Zöe Jesse, an introspective black playwright, finds his lack of activism questioned by his white boyfriend, Neil, an impassioned member of the Black Lives Matter Movement. Tensions between them continue to grow with each headline announcing another extrajudicial killing. But the human heart can hold complex and often contradictory things, and the two men find themselves at a crossroads. This Bitter Earth explores the quiet…

by Psalmayene 24 Directed by Raymond O. Caldwell and Manna-Symone Middlebrooks This Hothouse New Play Series commission is possible thanks to the support of the Revada Foundation, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and Holly Hassett.    It’s the Fourth of July in the not too distant future. Reparations have been paid to the African-Americans of Chief County—yet Black on Black violence rains down like a fiery storm. In this revolutionary hip-hop musical, Bliss and Dream, members of…

by Psalmayene 24 Directed by Raymond O. Caldwell and Manna-Symone Middlebrooks This Hothouse New Play Series commission is possible thanks to the support of the Revada Foundation, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and Holly Hassett.    It’s the Fourth of July in the not too distant future. Reparations have been paid to the African-Americans of Chief County—yet Black on Black violence rains down like a fiery storm. In this revolutionary hip-hop musical, Bliss and Dream, members of…

by Psalmayene 24 Directed by Raymond O. Caldwell and Manna-Symone Middlebrooks This Hothouse New Play Series commission is possible thanks to the support of the Revada Foundation, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and Holly Hassett.    It’s the Fourth of July in the not too distant future. Reparations have been paid to the African-Americans of Chief County—yet Black on Black violence rains down like a fiery storm. In this revolutionary hip-hop musical, Bliss and Dream, members of…

by Psalmayene 24 Directed by Raymond O. Caldwell and Manna-Symone Middlebrooks This Hothouse New Play Series commission is possible thanks to the support of the Revada Foundation, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and Holly Hassett.    It’s the Fourth of July in the not too distant future. Reparations have been paid to the African-Americans of Chief County—yet Black on Black violence rains down like a fiery storm. In this revolutionary hip-hop musical, Bliss and Dream, members of…

by Psalmayene 24 Directed by Raymond O. Caldwell and Manna-Symone Middlebrooks This Hothouse New Play Series commission is possible thanks to the support of the Revada Foundation, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and Holly Hassett.    It’s the Fourth of July in the not too distant future. Reparations have been paid to the African-Americans of Chief County—yet Black on Black violence rains down like a fiery storm. In this revolutionary hip-hop musical, Bliss and Dream, members of…

by Psalmayene 24 Directed by Raymond O. Caldwell and Manna-Symone Middlebrooks This Hothouse New Play Series commission is possible thanks to the support of the Revada Foundation, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and Holly Hassett.    It’s the Fourth of July in the not too distant future. Reparations have been paid to the African-Americans of Chief County—yet Black on Black violence rains down like a fiery storm. In this revolutionary hip-hop musical, Bliss and Dream, members of…

by Psalmayene 24 Directed by Raymond O. Caldwell and Manna-Symone Middlebrooks This Hothouse New Play Series commission is possible thanks to the support of the Revada Foundation, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and Holly Hassett.    It’s the Fourth of July in the not too distant future. Reparations have been paid to the African-Americans of Chief County—yet Black on Black violence rains down like a fiery storm. In this revolutionary hip-hop musical, Bliss and Dream, members of…

by Psalmayene 24 Directed by Raymond O. Caldwell and Manna-Symone Middlebrooks This Hothouse New Play Series commission is possible thanks to the support of the Revada Foundation, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and Holly Hassett.    It’s the Fourth of July in the not too distant future. Reparations have been paid to the African-Americans of Chief County—yet Black on Black violence rains down like a fiery storm. In this revolutionary hip-hop musical, Bliss and Dream, members of…

by Psalmayene 24 Directed by Raymond O. Caldwell and Manna-Symone Middlebrooks This Hothouse New Play Series commission is possible thanks to the support of the Revada Foundation, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and Holly Hassett.    It’s the Fourth of July in the not too distant future. Reparations have been paid to the African-Americans of Chief County—yet Black on Black violence rains down like a fiery storm. In this revolutionary hip-hop musical, Bliss and Dream, members of…

by Psalmayene 24 Directed by Raymond O. Caldwell and Manna-Symone Middlebrooks This Hothouse New Play Series commission is possible thanks to the support of the Revada Foundation, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and Holly Hassett.    It’s the Fourth of July in the not too distant future. Reparations have been paid to the African-Americans of Chief County—yet Black on Black violence rains down like a fiery storm. In this revolutionary hip-hop musical, Bliss and Dream, members of…

INDUSTRY NIGHT The Blackest Battle by Psalmayene 24 Directed by Raymond O. Caldwell and Manna-Symone Middlebrooks This Hothouse New Play Series commission is possible thanks to the support of the Revada Foundation, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and Holly Hassett. It’s the Fourth of July in the not too distant future. Reparations have been paid to the African-Americans of Chief County—yet Black on Black violence rains down like a fiery storm. In this revolutionary hip-hop musical, Bliss…

by Psalmayene 24 Directed by Raymond O. Caldwell and Manna-Symone Middlebrooks This Hothouse New Play Series commission is possible thanks to the support of the Revada Foundation, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and Holly Hassett.    It’s the Fourth of July in the not too distant future. Reparations have been paid to the African-Americans of Chief County—yet Black on Black violence rains down like a fiery storm. In this revolutionary hip-hop musical, Bliss and Dream, members of…

by Psalmayene 24 Directed by Raymond O. Caldwell and Manna-Symone Middlebrooks This Hothouse New Play Series commission is possible thanks to the support of the Revada Foundation, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and Holly Hassett.    It’s the Fourth of July in the not too distant future. Reparations have been paid to the African-Americans of Chief County—yet Black on Black violence rains down like a fiery storm. In this revolutionary hip-hop musical, Bliss and Dream, members of…

by Psalmayene 24 Directed by Raymond O. Caldwell and Manna-Symone Middlebrooks This Hothouse New Play Series commission is possible thanks to the support of the Revada Foundation, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and Holly Hassett.    It’s the Fourth of July in the not too distant future. Reparations have been paid to the African-Americans of Chief County—yet Black on Black violence rains down like a fiery storm. In this revolutionary hip-hop musical, Bliss and Dream, members of…

by Psalmayene 24 Directed by Raymond O. Caldwell and Manna-Symone Middlebrooks This Hothouse New Play Series commission is possible thanks to the support of the Revada Foundation, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and Holly Hassett.    It’s the Fourth of July in the not too distant future. Reparations have been paid to the African-Americans of Chief County—yet Black on Black violence rains down like a fiery storm. In this revolutionary hip-hop musical, Bliss and Dream, members of…

by Psalmayene 24 Directed by Raymond O. Caldwell and Manna-Symone Middlebrooks This Hothouse New Play Series commission is possible thanks to the support of the Revada Foundation, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and Holly Hassett.    It’s the Fourth of July in the not too distant future. Reparations have been paid to the African-Americans of Chief County—yet Black on Black violence rains down like a fiery storm. In this revolutionary hip-hop musical, Bliss and Dream, members of…

by Psalmayene 24 Directed by Raymond O. Caldwell and Manna-Symone Middlebrooks This Hothouse New Play Series commission is possible thanks to the support of the Revada Foundation, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and Holly Hassett.    It’s the Fourth of July in the not too distant future. Reparations have been paid to the African-Americans of Chief County—yet Black on Black violence rains down like a fiery storm. In this revolutionary hip-hop musical, Bliss and Dream, members of…

by Psalmayene 24 Directed by Raymond O. Caldwell and Manna-Symone Middlebrooks This Hothouse New Play Series commission is possible thanks to the support of the Revada Foundation, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and Holly Hassett.    It’s the Fourth of July in the not too distant future. Reparations have been paid to the African-Americans of Chief County—yet Black on Black violence rains down like a fiery storm. In this revolutionary hip-hop musical, Bliss and Dream, members of…

by Psalmayene 24 Directed by Raymond O. Caldwell and Manna-Symone Middlebrooks This Hothouse New Play Series commission is possible thanks to the support of the Revada Foundation, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and Holly Hassett.    It’s the Fourth of July in the not too distant future. Reparations have been paid to the African-Americans of Chief County—yet Black on Black violence rains down like a fiery storm. In this revolutionary hip-hop musical, Bliss and Dream, members of…