In 1849, Charlotte Brontë’s future was shaping up to be as bleak as her past. The sole survivor in a family of six siblings, the 33-year-old spinster faced spending the rest of her years caring for her elderly father.
Though there’s plenty of variety to be found in the Shelter’s anthology of thematically linked one-acts, the entries are alike in the high caliber of their performances.
Clybourne Park, originally produced off-Broadway in 2010, is proof that things never change. The play went on to win a Pulitzer Prize while we witnessed even more astonishing events tied to race.
