Night Vision

Ayanna and Ezra, have just witnessed some kind of attack in Brooklyn late at night. They want to report the situation, but cannot agree on the facts: Ayanna thinks the man was Black, but Ezra questions how she could tell his skin colour when it was so dark out. Night Vision prompts a discussion of the plight of the Black American male, who is seemingly always fated to be guilty unless proven innocent.

Despite COVID, I was able to direct Night Vision for my Junior-Directing class. I was tasked with casting, directing the actors, and designing the set and costumes. Masks were required, and the actors’ blocking was socially distanced, in keeping with recommended College guidelines. You’ll find some of the production photos below.

Night Vision comes from a collection of six ten-minute plays all written in the wake of the murder of Trayvon Martin, under the title Facing Our Truth: 10-Minute Plays on Trayvon, Race, and Privilege. The other plays in the collection are Some Other Kid by A. Rey Pamatmat, Colored by Winter Miller, The Ballad of George Zimmerman by Dan O’Brien and Music by Quetzal Flores, Dressing by Mona Mansour and Tala Manassah, and No More Monsters Here by Marcus Gardley.