Confederates

Dominique Morisseau’s Confederates connects two Black women separated by more than 150 years of American history. Sara, an enslaved woman who becomes a Union spy during the Civil War, and Sandra, a tenured political-science professor at a contemporary university, face strikingly similar struggles involving race, gender, institutional power, trust, and betrayal.

Directed by Raymond O. Caldwell, the Los Angeles premiere moves sharply between past and present with humor and theatrical ingenuity, exploring Black womanhood and the ways American institutions continue to reproduce old inequalities in new forms. The production remains on stage through December 13.