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Content Advisory for SFA's Summer Repertory
Part of the mission of the School of Theatre is to provide meaningful cultural and entertainment experiences for the university and the people of East Texas. In doing so with our Mainstage productions, we most frequently turn to widely recognized writers of the past and present, and because they tell the stories of people in conflict—stories that are, in a word, dramatic—their words and works are usually challenging and controversial.
We never seek to offend, but we recognize that people of various sensibilities and sensitivities might choose to avoid some of the language, situations and behaviors that some of these plays use or depict.
For this reason, we offer the following as a source of information, and we resolve here to make a good-faith effort to let patrons, parents and teachers know about the material in our Mainstage productions we believe is most likely to be of concern.
"Master Harold"... and the boys
SYNOPSIS: In 1950 South Africa, two black servants have practically raised white teenager Hally, but when his racist, alcoholic father is about to be released from the hospital, he lashes out: and they're handy targets. More than simply an indictment of apartheid, this play finds the humanity--and the hope--behind the hatred.
LANGUAGE: The play does contain language that might offend some spectators, including multiple if infrequent uses of the f-, s-, and n- words.
SMOKING AND DRINKING: There is no smoking in the play. Neither is there any onstage drinking, although an unseen character's alcohol abuse is a central image in the play.
NUDITY AND SEXUAL CONTENT: In a moment of anger, one character briefly exposes his buttocks. Sexual relations, including extra-marital sex and prostitution, are discussed, but not graphically. No sexual content of any kind is enacted.
VIOLENCE: There are descriptions of violence, and there is one moment onstage in which it appears that violence may be imminent, but the closest we come to actual violence onstage are a spit in the face and threatening gestures.
RATING: If it were a movie, "Master Harold"… and the boys would be on the border between PG-13 and R.