Spinning into Butter

Spinning Into Butter

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‘A solid tale with a social message…sure-handed direction and a solid cast’
- Channing Gray, Providence Journal

Featuring: Seth Allen, Marc Berry, Clare Blackmer, Jim Brown, Emma Palzere-Rae,
James Robinson and Ron Robinson

Spinning into Butter by Rebecca Gilman

Set on the campus of a secluded New England college, Spinning into Butter explores the dangers of both racism and political correctness in America today in a manner that is at once profound, disturbing, darkly comic, and deeply cathartic. A liberal dean of students named Sarah Daniels investigates the pinning of anonymous, clearly racist letters on the door of one of the college's few African American students. The stunning possibility that there is a virulent racist on campus forces Sarah, along with other faculty members and students, to explore her feelings about racism, leading to surprising discoveries and painful insights.

Last Modified: June 7, 2004