"Miss Evers Boys"

Evers Boys

To be honest I did not have high expectations as I sat in the theatre waiting for the play “Miss Evers Boys” to begin. My thought process was since this show was required for me to go to by a class that it would be one of those shows that are like “pulling your teeth” because the plot of the story is of no interest to me. However I was greatly surprised when I was proven wrong. I think that this play was phenomenal and I enjoyed it greatly.

“Miss Evers Boys”, set in the time of the Great Depression, is the story of a young nurse Eunice Evers. Miss Evers Boys tells the story of “The Tuskegee Study of Untreated Blacks with Syphilis” in which there was a lack of treatment and heath care given to groups of African American men who had contracted syphilis due to a study. This study was performed to show how blacks and whites react when given the same diseases. I was sad to see theses innocent men being turned away by the government after initially being treated for the disease. And I was disappointed that the government continued to lie to these men and give them false hope when all they were doing were looking out for themselves. In the end two men died because they received no treatment even though there was treatment available.

After watching this play I came to a clearer realization that we do not live in just world. Due to the color of these men skin their lives that easily could have been saved, were taken. I really enjoyed this play and I would recommend for anyone to see it as well in the hopes that they will enjoy it as much as I did.