Detroit Activist Stars in New Play at the Berman Center
'Passing,' starring Mayowa Lisa Reynolds, opens Thursday at the Berman Center for the Performing Arts.
Issues of race, ethnicity, identity, class and interracial relationships come to the forefront in the latest production at West Bloomfield's Berman Center for the Performing Arts, the one-woman show Passing. Inspired by the true story of Minerva Roulhac, the play opens at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, with additional shows scheduled all weekend long. Written by Dara Frazier-Harper and starring Detroit-area activist Mayowa Lisa Reynolds, the play follows the life of Roulhac, a woman adopted by a former slave in 19th century Florida. Though she's light-skinned — and her brother passes for white — Roulhac is raised in a close-knit African American community and goes on to live to 100 and raise eight, college-educated children. Dealing directly with …
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