A Black family confronts ‘Big White Fog’ in revelatory production at Howard

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In addition, instead of the entry to the Masons’ apartment being in some realistic space on the stage, the entry has been placed downstage facing the audience. At every entrance the actor breaks the fourth wall and looks directly at the audience. Each character’s approach to the entry shows how weighted down they are by the big white-supremacy fog and what their attitude is to it.