The play is set in Nabers' hometown of Houston, just after Hurricane Katrina sent a flood of mostly Black refugees to seek shelter there in 2005. Racial anxieties simmer and bubble, as the city feels suddenly dangerous to many of the white residents of a privileged enclave, when black refugees from New Orleans flood the city. Annie at times runs towards and at times runs away from the "danger" of blackness.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:55PM on September 17, 2013