A New Play by Tamir Yardenne
MANDINGO
Every hit show begins with a great script.
Some are worth killing for.
Synopsis
Todd Van Eyken is a struggling playwright whose controversial new drama, Mandingo, has the potential to become the theatrical event of the decade. Desperate for success and haunted by years of failure, Todd finds himself at the center of a deadly chain of events when a murder threatens to derail his long-awaited breakthrough.
As producers, actors, investors, and opportunists circle the script, each becomes convinced it is their ticket to fame, fortune, or redemption. As loyalties fracture and betrayals multiply, reality and performance blur through a series of shocking twists that keep audiences guessing until the final moments.
Mandingo unfolds as a wickedly entertaining meta-theatrical thriller in which the intellectual property itself becomes the prize everyone is willing to betray, exploit, or even kill to possess.
Darkly comic, suspenseful, and provocatively charged, Mandingo weaponizes a title burdened with decades of cultural baggage to examine America's enduring obsession with race, power, and storytelling in a world where everyone is desperate for a hit.