Tether

Cultural Arts Center
7995 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring

Written by Julie Taiwo Oni and directed by Jessica Lefkow, (Theater J's, Honey Brown Eyes) Tether is a rhythmic drama about two mixed race twins Lack & Lam; one white, one black. Their playground has been their world, and as they bat their feelings about love, faith and identity back and forth to the rhythm of the tether ball, they discover the women they are becoming and the new world they are entering. Tether presents us with the beauty, wisdom and the heartache of growing up.

Presented by Doorway Arts

Thru - Mar 13, 2011

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Washington Post - Recommended

"...That dilemma is getting a very sympathetic hearing in Jessica Lefkow's confident, no-frills production. The stage of the Studio Theatre at Silver Spring's Cultural Arts Center is bare but for the tetherball set that Grastorf and Wheeler whack at during Oni's brief scenes (the show is a series of blackout sketches). The interplay between the performers is lively and very sharp, from the easy, near-constant physical contact between the twins to the verbal deliveries that switch on a dime from sing-songy to snappish."

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- Nelson Pressley

DCTheatreScene - Highly Recommended

Can two people overcome racial barriers through simple love and acceptance, or are they insane for even attempting to ignore this most fundamental of societal divisions? Such is the central dilemma of Tether, an exciting new production that follows the simple, arresting tale of teenage biracial twins growing up in 1990’s Los Angeles.

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- Ben Demers

Tether presented by Doorway Arts at Cultural Arts Center

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DCTheatreScene - Highly Recommended

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