Sugar Shock: A New Play by Regina Robbins
Join Prospect Park Alliance and Flatbush Community Theater for a new play by Regina Robbins. Sugar Shock explores the history of sugar and race in Brooklyn from the 18th century to today. Ice cream on a summer day, your morning coffee, all-American apple pie…in today’s world, sugar is everywhere. It makes our lives sweeter, but how much did it cost? And who paid the price?
A native New Yorker, Regina Robbins is the author of several plays, including Quicksand (Everyday Inferno Theatre Company), It’s Just the Radio (Looking Glass Theatre), and War and Mercy (Expand the Canon). Other companies that have developed her work include Teatro LATEA, The Directors Company and Six Figures Theatre. Her directing credits include Manhattan Theatre Source, UTC #61 and Looking Glass Theatre. Regina’s short films have been screened across the U.S. at venues in New York, Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Berkeley and Asheville, NC. She holds a BA from Yale, an MFA from Columbia, and an MA from CUNY.