Dumbed Down

Stellar acting makes for Plan-B Theatre’s exceptionally good world premiere of Darryl Stamp’s Dumbed Down

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In Darryl Stamp’s Dumbed Down, Isaiah (played by Chad Brown)  cares little for literature, especially by white authors. However, he says, “I did kinda liked that Poe dude, because he wrote some dark stuff. I mean that eyeball did sound nasty looking in that one story, but dude snitched on hisself! That was so stupid! … Read more

Putting the soul in learning: Darryl Stamp’s Dumbed Down set for Plan-B Theatre world premiere

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Ahead of Plan-B Theatre’s world premiere of Darryl Stamp’s Dumbed Down, which will open this week, audiences should be mindful to see the story not arising primarily from the familiar (and lazy) trope of the school-to-prison pipeline, but to see it on a broader sobering scale of a messy education system with impacts that are … Read more