White Guy on the Bus

Ray, a white financial manager from an affluent neighborhood, has a loving wife and a liberal family. Shatique is a black nursing student and single mom from the rough side of town. As they ride the same bus to the same gritty prison every week, they seem to be getting to know each other – until Ray reveals his shocking true purpose for taking these weekly rides. As the ties between Ray and Shatique spin into a complex web of moral ambiguity, revenge, and racial biases, they reach a stunning conclusion in this play the New York Times calls “an unsettling study in cultural disaffection that is likely to spark discussions afterward.”