ONSTAGE IN AMERICA: Honky

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Cortez L. Johnson and DeLeon Dallas are teens playing b-ball in a scene from “Honky.”

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Subway scene from “Honky” featuring DeLeon Dallas as a teen (left), James Newcomb as Davis (center) and Cortez L. Johnson as a teen (right).

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A scene from “Honky” featuring James Newcomb as Davis and Jacob Bruce as Dr. Driscoll.

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Gerard Joseph as Thomas and Jacque Wilke as Andie. Thomas and Andie meet at a Skymax party and discuss the rules and possibilities of joking about minority groups.

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Thomas’ bedroom scene from “Honky,” featuring Jacque Wilke as Andie and Gerard Joseph as Thomas.

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A scene from "Honky," Thomas (Gerard Joseph - center) is approached by teens (Cortez L. Johnson - left; DeLeon Dallas - right) on the subway selling anti-racism pills, sometimes called Bleach, which will help him with his feelings of racial conflict.

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PBS and ONSTAGE IN AMERICA present a stage comedy about racism in America that throws political correctness out the window in a free-wheeling send-up of contemporary attitudes. The lighthearted, irreverent satire hits squarely home and still finds reasons for hope. “Honky” by Greg Kalleres was performed at San Diego Repertory Theatre under the direction of Sam Woodhouse.

It received its World Premiere at Urban Stages Theater in New York in 2013 under the artistic direction of Frances Hill.

Produced by ONSTAGE IN AMERICA, LLC and funded by PBS and a Kickstarter campaign: “Honky” is part of the ongoing, multi-platform PBS Arts initiative, which highlights PBS’s commitment to the performing and visual arts, and gives millions of viewers a front-row seat and a backstage pass for the best music, theater, dance, art and cultural history programs on-air and online.

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