Tag Archive for: Beaufield Berry
Pop Culture References in In the Upper Room
Adapted from Inside Out | Lynde Rosario, Editor and Reginald Edmund, Contributing Writer Set in 1974, In the Upper Room tells the story of a multi-generational black family led by the family’s controlling and secretive matriarch, Rose Berry. But to understand the Berry family requires understanding the 1970s as well as the many pop culture […]
Playwright Beaufield Berry Draws on Her Own Family for In the Upper Room
By: Leo Adam Biga Generations live strong in the memory and imagination of Omaha-based playwright Beaufield Berry. Her original family drama In the Upper Room, a 2019 Colorado New Play Summit selection, gets a world premiere production by the DCPA Theatre Company this winter. Set in 1974 Omaha, this Black American family drama draws closely […]
Deeper Dive: A closer look at ‘In the Upper Room’
‘There are thousands of plays about white families, so there’s room for thousands of plays about black families too’