CAST

*Appearing through an Agreement between Local Theater Company and Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

INSIDE THE REHEARSAL ROOM

COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS

Don’t let the discovery end with the final bow. Deepen your understanding of the play’s themes and connect with your neighbors through three unique events offered by Local. Free, and open to the public.

LocalWORKSHOP WHAT IS IMPLICIT BIAS? Think you’re woke? Most of us do. However, studies have shown that almost every individual holds biases based on a variety of factors. Join us as our skilled team of moderators unpack the subtle and not so subtle ways implicit bias prevents us from seeing people truly. Get a jump start by taking the scientist-developed implicit bias test below. Sunday, November 3, 3:30pm, Dairy Arts Center | Boulder - directly following the matinee performance of Flame Broiled. or the ugly play RSVP | LEARN MORE

LocalREADS (Co-sponsored with Boulder Book Store) Stop by Boulder Book Store and pick up a copy Robin DiAngelo’s White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism. Then, see the play and join us for a book club discussion that addresses white fragility and how this force prevents constructive dialogue.
Sunday, November 10, 3:30pm, Dairy Arts Center | Boulder - directly following the matinee performance of Flame Broiled. or the ugly play RSVP | LEARN MORE

Chat n Chew Join the cast, creative team and your fellow audience members for casual conversation, small bites and drink specials at Embassy Suites.
Unpack the show and get to know your neighbor.
Thursday, Nov 7 & 14, 9pm, Embassy Suites (2601 Canyon Blvd, Boulder - 1/2 block from the Dairy Arts Center) - directly following the performance of Flame Broiled. or the ugly play NO RSVP REQUIRED

WHAT THE PRESS IS SAYING

+ Buckle up for an ‘ugly play’ from Local Theatre Co. - Aimee Drugan, OnstageColorado
+ The World Premiere of Flame BroiledBlows Hot, Cold, Tender and Angry - Juliet Wittman, Westword
+ Racism, white fragility and cluelessness: “Flame Broiled. or the ugly play” tackles it all - Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post
+ Local Theater Company’s ‘Flame Broiled’ brings the heat through ‘artivism’ - Kalene McCort, Daily Camera
+ Buckle up: Local Theater Company’s world premiere of ‘Flame Broiled. or the ugly play’ asks you to take a hard, hilarious look in the mirror - Caitlin Rockett, Boulder Weekly
+ Rodney Hicks Gets Hot About Race Relations in Flame Broiled. or the ugly play - Susan Froyd, Westword
+ Some like it hot: ‘Flame Broiled’ on race in America - John Moore, DCPA News Center
+ Colorado theater companies use drama and satire to confront racism without flinching - Joanne Ostrow, The Colorado Sun
+ From Steve Martin’s “Bright Star” to Cheryl Strayed’s “Tiny Beautiful Things,” 10 must-see fall plays in Colorado - Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post
+ www.onstagecolorado.com/podcast-pesha-rudnick/
+ October Theater in Colorado Is Hot on the Grill - John Moore, DCPA News

ARE YOU BIASED? Most of us consider ourselves “woke.” However, studies have shown that almost every individual holds biases based on a variety of factors. Also known as implicit social cognition, implicit bias refers to the attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner. These biases, which encompass both favorable and unfavorable assessments, are activated involuntarily and without an individual’s awareness or intentional control.

Scientists at a number of leading universities have developed a test to gauge an individual’s implicit bias.

FURTHER READING FOR THE CURIOUS AUDIENCE MEMBER

Journalism
New Yorker, 8.12.19, The Fight to Redefine Racism, Kelefa Sanneh

Books
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Renni Eddo-Lodge
Being the Change by Sara K. Ahmed
The Negro in America by Larry Cuban
The Wisdom of Not-Knowing edited by Bob Chisholm & Jeff Harrison
Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South by E. Patrick Johnson
Velvet Rage by Alan Downs, PhD
Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward
Eastern Body, Western Mind by Anodea Judith
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
Anger by Thich Nhat Hanh