About the Show

When trifling citizens storm a cultural center, all hell breaks loose. Wigs fly. Wounds open.

Phillip Howze's new play, SIX CHARACTERS, is a dramatic exploration of power, belonging, and the institutions we build.

When trifling citizens storm a renowned cultural center, chaos ensues—wigs go flying, wounds get opened, and an archive explodes. Directed by Dustin Wills, this production promises intense drama and thought-provoking themes, questioning if the audience will make it out alive and giving fresh meaning to the concept of abolition.

Critic Reviews (8)

"At the heart of “Six Characters” is justified anger at racist systems"
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"Phillip Howze’s form-breaking play challenges expectations"
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"If Six Characters, then, ends anticlimactically, it’s intentionally so."
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"...two uneven acts that are sometimes comical but more often soporific."
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"satire does not sufficiently land...the play was apparently unredeemable."
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"cleverness is only intermittently discernible on a surface full of deliberate longueurs."
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"The show runs just over two hours...but at times it feels longer."
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"...Howze pours a bewildering array of ideas and scenarios into his homage."
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Lincoln Center Theater