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Sarasota News Leader December 27, 2013 Page 104 WESTCOAST BLACK THEATRE TROUPE TO OPEN THE WHIPPING MAN The Whipping Man, one of the most produced plays in regional theaters during the past two years, will open as Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe's (WBTT) second 2013-14 production, the theatre has announced. Howard J. Millman, former Asolo Repertory Theatre producing artistic director and WBTT board member, will direct this as his first play for the Troupe, the release notes. Performances will be Tuesdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m. with Sunday matinees It will run from Friday, Jan. 3, through Sunday, at 2 p.m. Two Saturday matinees have been Feb. 2. scheduled as well — for Jan. 25 and Feb. 1. Set in Richmond, VA, at the end of the Civil Tickets, priced at $29.50, may be purchased War, the play is about a Jewish confederate online at www.wbttsrq.org or by calling the box office at 366-1505. soldier who returns home on the first day of Passover to find his house destroyed, a news "The Whipping Man concerns the sudden release explains. return home of a confederate captain who has The Whipping Man cast features Taurean Blacque, Drew Foster and Robert Douglas. Contributed photo by Don Daly Photo