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DocuSign Envelope ID:AD99FE27-E625-45CC-B353-AEE3ADA2F2DA <br /> I <br /> �i <br /> 'r Hr':,xrim <br /> Review: in Treigh ,' a Black an the <br /> Sc,ript for Five Incarnations <br /> Freight:The Five Incarnations of Abel Green I NYT Critics'Pick I Cuff off Broadway,Play <br /> HERE,945 Sixth Ave,1 292-647-0202 <br /> AUG.3 2015 OC l.�C.la"�11.�.,� �'k�" � � � w , <br /> Abel s cart crt lrr c on his wra1nF1torrn �. � �°row.'prat Irca�l orrrrrrr rr�rcl he <br /> Abel Green aarriv0 <br /> is an actor hopping ar boxcar y rinstrc,l <br /> something lie's done since long before,he ever was paid for it. <br /> "See,al'l Negroes are actors by necessity,","lie tells us eonvea sationally,getting <br /> dressed out of the <br /> suitcase he h r or ht script is passed c <br /> wr <br /> e e nation to gc ne aton. l he Negroes who crow they lines tend t o live <br /> longer than <br /> the Negroes that don't, errer°ally speaking,as it pertains to dealing with white <br /> rnerica's constricting racial framework is ever-present in Howard L.Craft's <br /> c„ntur -s p arr r <br /> irr Trciht The Five Incarnations Abel Green,"at Ilere,yet tlis <br /> rich and thoughtful r , tconcerned wtl more rnlrnrte self- <br /> examination:n:howto he good to Onc:another <br /> within black culture,when the larger <br /> cull:rrre rewards cerrul;rlicftY. <br /> l'osirxl,tlriS Ctrrestior"r with a sardonic,humor that recalls George(; Wolfe's"The <br /> Colored Museum"amid,,I'tobert"l"ownserlial's"Tlollywooil Shupe,"the play is made, <br /> r r S monologues,each spoken by,ar c r fle ent version of Abel Green,W.�rrr the <br /> trlr of five 9rarncrl <br /> a <br /> Alphonse <br /> of believers,the nriostr°el in the tw ros;a faith header„I�° <br /> l <br /> ievers,in the igws4 an F.M.informant,infiltrating the Black <br />