Soul Rep Theatre Company Presents: Travisville, a Play Inspired by Jim Schutze’s The Accommodation

In December, Soul Rep Theatre Company will kick off its 2022-2023 season – TO DALLAS, WITH LOVE – with Dallas native, celebrated television/film actor and playwright, William Jackson Harper’s searing drama, Travisville, inspired by Jim Schutze’s book, The Accommodation. The regional premiere production is directed by Soul Rep’s Artistic Director, Guinea Bennett-Price, and will run December 10 – 11 and 15 – 18 at the Margo Jones Theater located in the Magnolia Lounge at Fair Park, 1121 First Avenue.

Travisville is a straightforward and brutally honest statement to the world by African Americans about their plight in gentrification. Penned by Harper, the play is set in 1960s Texas, in a city (Dallas) that so far has avoided the tumult of the Civil Rights Movement. Through the efforts of an alliance of black church leaders, a wary peace has been maintained with the city’s white mayor and citizens. But when the mayor partners with a private developer to gentrify the black neighborhood and uproot its residents, and a movement organizer from Atlanta comes to town, the Minister’s Alliance will need to choose between the nonconfrontational status quo and standing up for the interests of their community.

The relevance of Schutze’s book and this play in 2022 is astounding! Soul Rep is privileged to be the first theater company in North Texas to produce Travisville, of which the company recently held staged readings at four area libraries, in collaboration with the Dallas Public Library and Big D Reads. The company will hold talk-backs with audience members after two of the performances.

Tickets can be purchased at SoulRep.org and range from $25 - $30. Group Tickets are also available.