Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner
Original producer: Kenny Leon’s True Colors, 2012
Director: Kenny Leon
Adaptation Written By: Todd Kreidler
Original Screenwriter: William Rose
Cast included: Phylicia Rashad, Torrie Kittles
Second Production Producer: Arena Stage, 2015
Director: David Esbjornson
Adaptation Written By: Todd Kreidler
Original Screenwriter: William Rose
Cast included: Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Todd Kreidler’s adaptation of Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner brings fresh urgency to the beloved 1967 film. Set in 1960s San Francisco, the play follows a young white woman who introduces her Black fiancé to her liberal-leaning parents, forcing them to confront the limits of their own progressive ideals. Kreidler masterfully reimagines this iconic story for the stage, deepening the emotional complexity and framing its themes of race, identity, and generational conflict through a 21st-century lens. His version invites new audiences to engage with the enduring questions at the heart of this groundbreaking narrative.
