The play is a meditation on compromise, about the portrayal of black actors in the early days of the motion picture industry, arguably "Hollywood's" darkest stain.  The two scene structure centers on a morning's rehearsal of a forgettable scene of a forgettable movie, circa 1936.

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LOS ANGELES TIMES:  "Brian Richard Mori’s one-act play is akin to short fiction, packing a lot into a small slice of life.... [The play] smartly and accurately targets the racism in early Hollywood films.”

DRAMA-LOGUE:  "SLOW FADE TO BLACK takes a hard look at the successful ‘colored’ actors in the film industry of 1936.... Mori’s script is meticulously clever in setting us up -- allowing us to put down our collective political correctness to laugh spontaneously -- only to smack reality in our faces.”

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Production:  University of Illinois (Second Annual Juneteenth Festival of New Works: A Cultural Celebration of Emancipation!) - Louisville, KY

Production:  Studio Theatre, Inc. - New York, NY

Production:  Bitter Truth Theatre - North Hollywood, CA

Production:  Neighborhood Playhouse - Atlanta, GA

Adapted for the screen