Meet the Howard family: Theo is a busy black attorney; Hazel is his dutiful Filipina wife; and their son is bright, promising Jonathan. No, fuck that - here’s the Howard family: Theo has been pushed in the closet; Hazel’s Tiger mom tactics have kept him there; and their son Jonathan isn’t the boy either of them expect him to be. Part religious rite, part dance/performance, THE WHITE DRESS Is Jonathan's coming of age story.