90min

4W, and as many dancers as you like

MUTT is an 80s-infused identity crisis wrapped in a mixtape of Madonna, Stevie Wonder, and college admissions scandal. Meet Serena Matthews, a bougie, debate-club star who thinks she's white—because her mom is, because Fresno, because jelly bracelets and Tiger Beat. But a college counselor, a race box, and a basketball scholarship (despite not knowing how to dribble) catapult her into the deep end of what it means to be Black in America.

Enter: Whoopi Goldberg (literally), a magical, exasperated puppet godmother summoned through repeated viewings of The Color Purple. As Serena tries to decode Black culture through BET, hair product mishaps, and sorority pledges, she also falls for Lane, a white grad student dancing an avant-garde tribute to Stevie Wonder (yep, really).

MUTT is a wild, whip-smart satire on racial performance, queerness, cultural appropriation, and the weirdass contradictions of American identity politics. It's Twelfth Night meets Dear White People—with dance breaks, dream sequences, and a whole lot of "Wait, did she just say that?" moments.

World premiere 2006 ManyHats Collaboration