”Honky” by Greg Kalleras
Audition is Tuesday, February 18 at 7pm at Acting Ensemble, 602 E. Mishawaka Avenue, Mishawaka.
“Honky” is part of Acting Ensemble’s StageWorks Staged Reading Series, sponsored in part by Erasmus Books. Staged readings are performed with script in hand, using minimal or no props, costumes, or sets.
One performance only – Tuesday, March 4, 2025
THE STORY: When a young African American is shot for a pair of basketball shoes, sales triple among white teens. Are ghetto-glorifying commercials to blame, or is it the white CEO that only sees dollar signs? Luckily, there’s a new pill on the market guaranteed to cure racism. HONKY is a darkly comedic look at five people, white and black, as they navigate the murky waters of race, rhetoric and basketball shoes.
THE CHARACTERS:
Thomas Hodge: 30’s, black male
Davis Tallison: 40-50’s, white male
Peter Trammel: 30’s, white male
Emilia Hodge: 30’s black female; Thomas’sister
Andie Chastain: 25-35, white male
Dr. Driscoll: 35 – 60, white male
Kid 1: 18-30, black male
Kid 2: 18 – 30, black male
“Hilarious, irreverent, keeps you laughing from start to finish.” —The New York Times.
“Skillfully utilizes humor to extend the conversation about racism to the important theatre audience.” —Theatre Reviews.
“Kalleres’ sense of nonsense is sublime…doesn’t shy away from uncomfortable observations about race.” —Off Off Online.
“A thought-provoking satire that asks many questions and delivers as many answers.” —Harlem World.
Greg Kalleres
Greg received his BFA from Tisch’s Dramatic Writing Program at NYU. His plays have been produced in numerous cities including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Berkeley, Bloomington, and Beirut, Lebanon. He received the Certificate of Excellence from the Kennedy Center and the Emerging Playwright Award for his Off Broadway play, HONKY (Urban Stages, NY Times Critic’s Pick). His one-act plays have won top honors at the Samuel French Festival, Turnip Festival and Fusion Theatre one-act play festival. Greg’s work has been published in the New York Times, TDF Stages Magazine, Cracked.com and United Stages’ “Best of EATFest” Volumes 3 and 4. In addition to playwriting, Greg has written and produced numerous commercials for ESPN, Nike, Brand Jordan, Budweiser, New York Magazine, and Twitter. Greg was a lead writer on the award-winning “This is SportsCenter” campaign and created ESPN’s Monday Night Football campaign: “Is it Monday Yet?”
