Synopsis: It’s not only hell that breaks loose in this ground-breaking, form-defying, laugh-out-loud new drama from Pulitzer-Prize finalist playwright Zora Howard. Retta and Reggie are enjoying their usual evening on the porch when a longtime neighbor is pulled over by the police just before turning into his driveway. Everything goes as expected — until the unexpected happens. Humor, spectacle, and surrealism converge in this gripping interrogation of what it costs to be Black and free. Lileana Blain-Cruz, a “master of curating chaos” (The New York Times), directs. 

Artistic Statement: Bust takes an unflinching look at policing in America and its impact on the lives of Black Americans, fusing the harsh reality with magical realism to create an afro-currentist play unlike anything we have seen on stage. The play examines Black joy and rage, multi-generational reactions to policing within the Black community, and what it means to be home. It is brilliantly grounded in reality and a utopian future full of deeply complex roles for Black actors at the top of their games and requiring cutting edge stage magic to create the dual worlds.