Who is Right?
           Who is Wrong?
  Who is Crazy?
           Who is Sane?
In this drama/comedy, a London psychiatric hospital is the setting where an enigmatic patient (Carl Lumbly) claims to be the son of an African dictator, while two doctors argue about deeper meanings.
   Blue/Orange is an incendiary tale of
Race, Power and Madness.
Hear Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe
interviewed by Eddrick Osborne:
(11:57 — requires Quicktime)
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One of our patrons writes about Blue/Orange:
"From a professional perspective this play really resonated for me (and my colleague, who is also a clinician) particularly in dealing with one's feelings of ambivalence and frustration, as portrayed by the younger clinician (Dr. Flaherty); e.g. how a consumer's wellness and recovery can become mired within the realities of shortfalls in local/city budgets and "bed committees," and personal dreams of career "trajectories." Also relevantly portrayed was the stigmatization of certain mental health diagnoses i.e., schizophrenia and "BPD" [bi-polar disorder] are both stereotypically the diagnoses that carry "scary" code word "dangerous" connotations.

And of course, as an African American the issues of various cultural influences/misunderstandings in interactions between diagnostician and customer [patient], as well as, "institutionalism," ~ and the reality of the day to day effects of being an AA male diagnosed with schizophrenia, "scariest!!" ~ as these things influence disparities in certain diagnoses being given to African Americans, were all portrayed in an elegant and masterful way.

Great story, Great acting, Great Directing!"

Carnella Gordon-Brown, MSW
Associate Clinical Social Worker, Family Service Agency