by Charles Mudede Seattle Repertory Theatre
Familiar, a very entertaining play by Zimbabwean American Danai Gurira—she is known for her role in The Walking Dead and, more recently, as the Wakanda warrior Okoye in Black Panther—has two white American characters: Chris and Brad. Chris is a Christian engaged to Tendikayi, a black African lawyer and the daughter of Donald Chinyaramwira (a successful black African Lawyer), and Marvelous Chinyaramwira (a black African geneticist). Brad is
Familiar, a very entertaining play by Zimbabwean American Danai Gurira—she is known for her role in The Walking Dead and, more recently, as the Wakanda warrior Okoye in Black Panther—has two white American characters: Chris and Brad. Chris is a Christian engaged to Tendikayi, a black African lawyer and the daughter of Donald Chinyaramwira (a successful black African Lawyer), and Marvelous Chinyaramwira (a black African geneticist). Brad is