Review: MY OCCASION OF SIN by Pamela Butler
My Occasion of Sin takes place in Omaha during the race riots of the late 1960s, and places us as witness to events in the lives of the characters portrayed here. Luigi Waites was a real person--a drummer, jazz musician--and is the inspiration for the story. The playwright, Monica Bauer, studied drums under his guidance. Taking license to tell the story, Bauer has Luigi hanging out at the Dreamland Ballroom, a club h…