The Submission

April brings the area premiere of the Off-Broadway hit “The Submisssion” by Jeff Talbott.  Danny, a young, gay plawright has just had his complex drama about an African American family chosen to be in the nation’s preeminent play festival.  Trouble is, he used the pen name of a black female.  So he hires Emilie, a black actress to stand in for him.  What starts as a terrible idea becomes worse as he drags Emilie, his boyfriend and his best friend down a long and dirty path of truth, lies, revelation and betrayal.  It’s a fierce,intelligent comic-drama about race and gender.