‘No Place For The Man’ at Black Theatre Troupe is a play about the blues, politics and family

‘No Place For The Man’ at Black Theatre Troupe is a play about the blues, politics and family

ALBANY, N.Y. — When Jean-Remy Monnay first asked Benita Zahn to direct “No Place For The Man,” for his company Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY, he also sent her the script. She tells us that after the first reading she wasn’t sure this was the play for her. Zahn admits to enjoying the story about blues musicians in the Mississippi Delta, but didn’t feel there was enough complexity in the material to challenge her and audiences. In order to be…