"Joseph Giovannetti’s one-act seems like it was created just for this moment, when the heat around DEI and white men’s revenge is taking center stage in our political narratives. But truthfully, it could have been written ten years ago, or possibly ten years from now, and it would feel as honest.

Directed for MPAACT by Lauren “LL” Lundy, The Promotion follows the competition between two insurance sales agents: Trish (Ariya Hawkins), a single Black woman struggling to keep up with the bills for home aides for her mother, who apparently has dementia, and Josh (Gavin Rhys), who has a toddler son and a stay-at-home sculptor wife with an expensive MFA to pay off. Though they both think their unseen boss, Brent, is an idiot, they struggle with staying friends while both desperately wanting the same thing.”

-Kerry Reid, Chicago Reader