There's another new theater company in town, and they're coming out of the gate with a strong message and a powerful new play.
Underdog Theatre hopes to be a voice "for the underserved, the underrepresented, and unheard." Founder Kory LaQuess Pullam, a talented young actor who's
made quite an impression on several stages around town in the last few years, has written a great new play about the death of
Freddie Gray while in police custody in Baltimore last year. While
Baltimore is Burning is about this one specific incident, on a larger scale it's about the many such deaths that have occurred around the country, even right here in Minnesota, and the need to have a conversation about why it's happening and what can be done to change it. At its best, theater brings attention to issues and starts a conversation about them, which is exactly what this play does.
