BY Dominique Morisseau
DIRECTED BY Stori Ayers
october 27 – november 26, 2023
Confederates is a funny, smart and moving satire about the struggles and triumphs of two brilliant Black women. If you liked Pipeline, Skeleton Crew, or Ain’t Too Proud, you’ll love this newest work by the Tony-nominee and Genius Grant-winner Dominique Morisseau. After the off-Broadway premiere, Stori Ayers directs a sparkling cast including Helen Hayes Award-winning Deidre Staples and Obie Award-winning Nikkole Salter.
For Confederates, each performance will be followed by powerful conversations with local Black women leaders.
“Very funny!” -The Washington Post
“Riveting! Frank, witty, and delightfully twisted!” -Metro Weekly
CONTENT TRANSPARENCY (may contain spoilers)
Confederates contains racialized language and discussions and depictions of slavery. A prop gun is used onstage, and there is a brief moment of nudity from the waist up.
“Beautiful language that’s wedded to tales of adversity — the play is full of such paradoxes... a work about racism that is truly funny.”
—The New York Times
“A master at weaving together personal, historical, and social narratives, Morisseau here delivers her most ambitious, possibly most galvanizing, work yet.”
—Theatrely
“Morisseau’s voice gets fiercer and richer the farther she gets from naturalism. Her sharp humor and flensing rhetoric, familiar from her public letters and program notes, finally get to exert their full power onstage.”
—Vulture
CAST and CREATIVE TEAM
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CONFEDERATES REFLECTION SERIES
Mosaic expands the concept of its Reflection Series, started in 2022 in conjunction with The Till Trilogy, to year-round programming that provides inroads for deep engagement with the themes of our plays. Through cross-disciplinary, citywide partnerships, Mosaic will produce an innovative series of concerts, readings, panels, and symposiums that spark meaningful reflection and foster conversation about our work.
FOR CONFEDERATES, EACH PERFORMANCE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY POWERFUL CONVERSATIONS WITH LOCAL BLACK WOMEN LEADERS.
PRESS
Regional Premiere of Dominique Morisseau's satirical look at race and freedom across time. - BroadwayWorld
Bygones aren’t bygones in Mosaic’s lively ‘Confederates’ - The Washington Post
Mosaic delivers a deftly staged, powerfully felt production of Dominique Morisseau's thought-provoking 'Confederates.' - Metro Weekly
Theatre Review: ‘Confederates’ presented by Mosaic Theater at Atlas Performing Arts Center - Maryland Theatre Guide
Mosaic’s Confederates Is a Union of Contradictions - Washington City Paper
Black women seek freedom then and now, in ‘Confederates’ at Mosaic Theater - DC Theater Arts
TICKET PRICES
THUR $42 · FRI $53 · SAT & SUN $70
TICKET DISCOUNTS
In the spirit of welcome, Mosaic is proud to remove financial barriers to our work via senior, student, military, and need-based discounts, plus a limited number of rush tickets for every show.
RUSH TICKETS
A limited number of rush tickets are available via walk-up cash purchase at the box office beginning one hour before the start of each performance.
SENIOR RATE (65+)
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