Synopsis: Jessica was raised by white people. All of her friends are white. Everyone she works with is white. Jessica is Black. It’s 2022 at the height of DEI and Jessica is suddenly aware of how alone she is. She does what any reasonable identity-questioning lonely Black woman would do – she rents a Black Friend.

Irons in the Fire is Fault Line Theatre's year-round reading series of new plays in development.

Playwright: Erica Jensen
Director: Miranda Haymon
With: Alison Cimmet, Craig Wesley Divino, Ty Jones, Claire Karpen, Naomi Lorrain, Sharina Martin, & Monica Wyche