Exception to the Rule

How do you make it through detention? In the worst high school in the city, six Black students are stuck in Room 111. They flirt. They fight. They tease. Should they follow the rules and stay put, or find an escape? Are the walls keeping them in, or are stronger forces at play?

cast/crew

written by Dave Harris

sets by Reid Thompson & Kamil james

costume design by Sarita Fellows

light design by Cha See

sound design by Lee Kinney

featuring MaYaa Boateng, Malik Childs, Mister Fitzgerald, Toney Goins, Amandla Jahava, Claudia Logan

photos by Joan Marcus

press

"HIGH-SCHOOL DETENTION HAS NO BUSINESS BEING AS ENTERTAINING AS IT IS IN 'EXCEPTION TO THE RULE,' A TERRIFICALLY FUNNY AND SUBTLY POTENT NEW PLAY BY DAVE HARRIS..."

—CHARLES ISHERWOOD, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

 "A 'BREAKFAST CLUB' FOR THE MODERN HIGH SCHOOL — QUICKER, CRASSER, AND FUNNIER."

—GRACE BYDALEK, NEW YORK SUN 

"AN EXCEPTIONAL NEW PLAY, WITH A TALENTED CAST."

—ROBERT HOFFLER, THE WRAP

"EXPLOSIVE AND HILARIOUS. EVERYONE SHOULD SEE THIS PLAY."

—JUAN MICHAEL PORTER II, NEW YORK THEATRE GUIDE