The play begins with a fictionalized encounter between Huey P. Newton, the co-founder of the Black Panther Party, and a white bar owner named Trish. The setting is the Throckmorton Theatre in
Tori Sampson’s new play, “This Land Was Made,” is a speculative take on the origins of the Black Panther Party. The narrator, Sassy, is an aspiring writer, and the play is rooted