PERFORMANCE DATES
Begins June 14
WHERE
2ST UPTOWN
McGinn/Cazale Theater
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BEGINS JUNE 14 – McGINN/CAZALE
53% OF
BY
STEPH DEL ROSSO
DIRECTED BY
TIFFANY NICHOLE GREENE
The president is coming to town, and the good ladies of Bethlehem, PA are beside themselves planning to give him a hero’s welcome; later, their husbands drink and posture during his swearing in. And in Brooklyn, a group of 20-something white women gather to plan . . . a revolution? Or is it a ritual to absolve their own guilt? 53% Of shines a spotlight on the status quo and shakes up our perceived notions of who calls themselves good and who pleads ignorance.
“In 2016, 53% of white women voted for our 45th president, a statistic that became an obsession for me. This play is my attempt to find a frank, dark, and funny way to talk about white women -- the ones who voted for him and the ones who didn't.”
- Steph Del Rosso
Generous support for New Play Development is provided by WarnerMedia. Second Stage’s 2021-22 Season is supported by the Howard Gilman Foundation.
STEPH DEL ROSSO – PLAYWRIGHT
Steph Del Rosso writes plays, fiction, film, and television. She is a winner of the Steinberg Playwright Award and the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Award. Steph is the former Shank Playwriting Fellow at The Public Theater, has been commissioned by La Jolla Playhouse, Studio Theatre, and the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, and was featured on The Kilroy’s List. Her work has been produced or developed at The Kennedy Center, Alliance Theatre, Ojai Playwrights Conference, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, JACK, the Los Angeles Theatre Center, and many others. She is a New Georges Affiliated Artist, a former Theater Master’s Visionary Playwright, and an alum of the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, Clubbed Thumb’s Early-Career Writers’ Group, and The Lark’s Playground. Her plays are published by Dramatists Play Services, Inc. She currently teaches Playwriting at NYU and lives in Brooklyn. MFA: UC-San Diego.
TIFFANY NICHOLE GREENE – DIRECTOR
Tiffany Nichole Greene is the resident director of HAMILTON (Philip Tour). Recent credits include the world premiere of HIGH SCHOOL PLAY: A NOSTALGIA FEST (Alley); NINA SIMONE: FOUR WOMEN (ATC); the world premiere of SHOEBOX PICNIC: ROUTE ONE (AST); OHIO STATE MURDERS (Goodman); SOMETHING GRIM(M) (DTC). Digital credits include the world premieres of Lydia Diamond’s WHITERLY NEGOTIATIONS and Lynn Nottage’s WHAT ARE THE THINGS I NEED TO REMEMBER? (Octopus Theatricals; NYT Critic’s Pick); AS IS: CONVERSATIONS WITH BIG BLACK WOMEN IN CONFINED SPACE (MTC); Alice Childress’ WINE IN THE WILDERNESS (PCS); and BATTLE CRY by Bianca Sams (CPHT). www.tiffanynicholegreene.com.