Straight White Men

Straight White Men examines privilege, identity, and social responsibility through the lens of three successful men navigating their place in contemporary America. The play challenges audiences to confront uncomfortable truths about masculinity and entitlement, employing innovative theatrical techniques including direct address and metatheatrical elements. Young Jean Lee's provocative work uses humor and discomfort as tools to interrogate what it means to occupy positions of cultural dominance, while exploring the anxieties and disconnections that accompany such privilege. The piece resists conventional narrative structure, instead offering a series of encounters and revelations that accumulate into a portrait of modern masculine identity in crisis.