The Learning Curve

Two-act, full-length play about the communication and culture clashes that occur when a black
teacher leaves his job at a predominately black, inner-city school to work for a private,
predominately white school.

Synopsis

Exhausted from inner-city teaching, Benny Craft is leaving Urban High for a higher paying
position at Privilege High, the pristine, private, predominately white school on the other side of town.
Lee Larroquet, principal at Privilege High, has been looking for a teacher who has the experience
and passion to build up the school’s flagging science curriculum.
Bringing in the school’s first black male teacher is an added bonus.
Benny struggles to maintain his identity on unfamiliar territory, Lee insists on maintaining the
status quo. The two clash in ideologies, perspectives and cultures.
Can they navigate a learning curve that has thrown them both for an unexpected loop?

August 2023
One of two plays selected from a pool of North Carolina playwrights for two weeks of workshopping,
readings and reviews by the North Carolina Playwrights Lab
Raleigh, North Carolina

February 2022
Professional stage reading as part of PassinArt: A Theatre Company’s 40th anniversary celebration
Portland, Oregon

August 2020
Monologue from play performed during Black Lives, Black Words Open Mic Talent Showcase, Face Off Theatre
Kalamazoo, Michigan

July 2019
Professional reading at the National Black Theatre Festival
Winston-Salem, North Carolina