Soul Rep Theatre Company will present the regional premiere production of Travisville.
Inspired by Jim Schutze’s book The Accommodation, Travisville is a straightforward and brutally honest statement to the world by African-Americans of their plight in gentrification. Penned by Dallas native and celebrated film actor and playwright William Jackson Harper, the play is set in 1960s Texas, in a city that so far has avoided the tumult of the Civil Rights Movement.
Through the efforts of an alliance of black church leaders, a wary peace has been maintained with the city’s white mayor and citizens. But when the mayor partners with a private developer to gentrify the black neighborhood and uproot its residents, and a movement organizer from Atlanta comes to town, the Minister’s Alliance will need to choose between the non-confrontational status quo and standing up for the interests of their community.