Americas Off Broadway: Pure Confidence July 1, 2009

On the eve of the Civil War, champion jockey Simon Cato is one of the most successful athletes of his day, dominating the sport of horse racing. But Simon is also a slave. Hired out regularly to Colonel Wiley Johnson, owner of the prize thoroughbred Pure Confidence, Simon wants the one thing the Colonel by law can't give him: his freedom. n a rare historical drama for Mixed Blood, 'Pure Confidence' is a funny and daring look at the complexity of race, love and dignity.