This Is How It Goes: A Play

Belinda and Cody Phipps appear a typical Midwestern couple: teenage sweethearts, children, luxurious home. Typical except that Cody is black--rich, black, and different, in the words of Belinda, who finds herself attracted to a former (white) classmate. As the battle for her affections is waged, Belinda and Cody frankly doubt the foundation of their initial attraction, opening the door wide to a swath of bigotry and betrayal. Staged on continually shifting moral ground that challenges our received notions about gender, ethnicity, and even love itself, This Is How It Goes unblinkingly explores the myriad ways in which the wild card of race is played by both black and white in America.

Author: Neil Labute, Labute
Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
Published: 03/05/2005
Pages: 112
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780571211555

About the Author

Neil LaBute is a playwright, filmmaker, and fiction writer. His most recent work for the stage is The Distance from Here, which premiered Off Broadway in 2004.