Underground Railroad Game
Created by Jennifer Kidwell and Scott Sheppard

May 18-20, 2023

“Underground Railroad Game,” a satiric, R-rated, kaleidoscopic and fearless comedy in which two middle-school teachers use games to teach uncomfortable lessons about American racial history, was inspired by an actual game that co-creator Scott Sheppard was forced to play in fifth grade when his school re-enacted the Civil War. The students were divided into Union and Confederate soldiers and won points for their team for either capturing Black dolls that represented escaped slaves or helped them flee to Canada. The show, hailed by The New York Times as one of the “25 best American plays since ‘Angels in America,’” runs at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 18, Friday, May 19, and at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 20.