The House of the Negro Insane

Reviews

"The House of the Negro Insane will sweep you up in a tornado of emotions and deliver a few gut-punches as well. A polished piece of playwrighting, this piece... should find its place on stages across the country." – BroadwayWorld

"...vivdly invokes a shameful American Past" – Washington Post

"A grippingly intense experience of theater, and a microcosm of Jim Crow America." – DC Theater Arts

"A disturbing, gripping play. The playwright uses a gruesome, little known setting, adds compelling characters and tells the story of extreme government-sanctioned racial injustice." – WYPR

"Terence Anthony's powerful play brings forgotten racist history to chilling life."
"The House of the Negro Insane tells a harrowing story with depth and emotion... It deserves a bigger audience" – TheaterMania

"Carlton and his superb cast ultimately give the play what it needs most: a sense that even inside a place designed to extinguish hope, human beings continue to make meaning."
"Harrowing but also deeply humane, a piece of theater whose darkness makes its flashes of beauty all the more affecting." – TheaterScene

"It has a terrible story to tell, one that should never be forgotten" – Lighting and Sound America

"A searing drama about confinement, despair, and the possibility of freedom."
"The play has a surreal texture that director Daniel Carlton brings to vivid life" – OffOffOnline

"An eye-opening and thought-provoking production... The story is engaging and disturbing, but shines a needed light on a terrible situation" – New York Amsterdam News