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dwb (driving while black)
PREMIERE10/23/2020
COMPOSERSusan Kander   
LIBRETTISTRoberta Gumbel   
Des Moines Metro Opera
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7/08/20232:00 PMIndianola, IA
7/15/20232:00 PMIndianola, IA
7/21/20232:00 PMIndianola, IA
Synopsis
dwb (driving while black) is a montage of poetic and haunting moments examining the trials and triumphs Black mothers experience as their children come of age in a society plagued by racism and inequality.  In the central narrative, we meet the Mother in her home. The dangerous world outside, however, is out of the Mother’s control, and anxiety builds in her mind and heart as her “beautiful brown boy” approaches manhood and the realities of modern life as a Black person in America. As the Mother takes the viewer on this journey of memory and metaphor, they will be inclined to wonder: is this real?
MOST PRODUCED SINCE 2000
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This work ranks as the #135 most produced North American title since 2000.
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