'Underground Railroad Game' Explores Race & History With an Edge

The Leonard Lopate Show | Oct 21, 2016

Scott Sheppard and Jennifer Kidwell created and star in the off-Broadway comedy, “Underground Railroad Game,” at Ars Nova which The New York Times described as “a lacerating comedy on race.” Sheppard and Kidwell star as “Teacher Stuart” and “Teacher Caroline” who decide to play an adventurous history lesson game with their fifth-grade students in Hanover, Pa.

"Underground Railroad Game" is at Ars Nova (511 West 54th Street) through November 11th. Visit their website for tickets and show information. 

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