Theater Reading: Ushers In the House

About the Event

At 85, Oscar Thomas is a Vietnam Veteran, former Black Panther, widower, father, and a grandfather. He’s also worked as a farm laborer, and spent four decades as a postal worker. In the sunset of his life he's begun to contemplate his legacy and the possessions he wants to leave his family. The latter has forced him to grapple with the painful fact that items he considers heirlooms are insignificant to his family and viewed as relics of a past just as insignificant to them.

A painting entitled Ushers is among the things Oscar has collected since his daughters were children. In his eyes the oil-on-canvas depiction of a group of ushers is a symbol of faith, honor, and heritage. It is also deeply disliked by his children.

Oscar's perceptions of the the world are now viewed through lenses where things like humility, courage, and familial loyalty are becoming as obsolete as a rotary phone.

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