Ain’t No Mo’

An uproarious play comprised of vignettes that deftly satirize post-＂post-racial＂ America.

Jordan E. Cooper’s Ain’t No Mo’ is a hilarious satirical odyssey that needles post-Obama racial realities of life in the U.S. The time is the near future, and a giant plane has been chartered to take Black Americans ＂back to Africa.＂ Hurrying passengers down the runway is Peaches, a flight attendant (played by a performer in drag) who is organizing the boarding process. Within this frame, Cooper examines lives torn apart by gang violence, the aspirations of a Black middle class eager to leave behind those they feel are beneath them, and the equally delusional aspirations of some white Americans to ＂transition＂ into Blackness. Ain’t No Mo’ is a laugh-a-minute comedy that doubles as a serious investigation of the ways that Blackness in America has always been both a burden and a prize.

Jordan E. Cooper is an award winning performer and playwright who was recently one of Out magazine’s ＂Entertainers Of The Year.＂ He starred in a sold-out Broadway run of his play Ain’t No Mo’, which was a New York Times Critic’s Pick. Cooper also created a pandemic-centered short film called Mama Got A Cough that’s been featured in National Geographic and was named ＂Best Of 2020＂ by The New York Times. He is the creator and executive producer of The Ms. Pat Show, an R-rated ＂old school＂ sitcom coming to BET+. He can also be seen recurring as Tyrone in the final season of FX’s Pose.