American Players Theatre: Tribes

Allie Bugajski, Allie and the After Party

You Accept Your Family, But Will Others?

Have you ever been afraid to bring your significant other home to your parents? You’ve been together a while and love them and want them to know this part of your life. So you decide to take the plunge and bring them around for dinner.

How about bringing them home when your family is the type of family that likes to recreationally argue? Which might not gel with everyone, but you know your significant other can hold her own. She’s smart and not afraid of a challenge.

How about when that “argument” turns into a statement directly attacking your personhood? Suddenly all bets are off the table and now you’re seeing your family in a different light. Can you stand by your family after this?

In Tribes, Billy (Joshua M. Castille) born deaf into a family of hearing finds a new perspective as he meets Sylvia (Lindsay Welliver), who has parents who are deaf and is losing her hearing herself. His world is opened up to a new community and what he may have been missing.

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