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WHEN:
April 6 – May 14, 2023
WHERE:
Steppenwolf’s Downstairs Theater
1650 N. Halsted St.
Chicago
CAST:
Namir Smallwood (Reggie) with Ayanna Bria Bakari (Monique), Sydney Charles (Rachel), Aliyana Hamood (Sam), Kylah Renee Jones (Sam) and Jessica Dean Turner (Nadima)
CREATIVE TEAM:
Regina García (Scenic Design), Izumi Inaba (Costume Design) Mary Louise Geiger (Lighting Design), Larry Fowler (Sound Design), Kirsten Baity (Intimacy Choreographer), Gigi Buffington (Company Voice & Text Coach), Tom Pearl (Producing Director), JC Clementz, CSA (Casting Director), Laura D. Glenn (Production Stage Manager) and Jaclynn Joslin (Assistant Stage Manager).
A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
"...Monique and her daughter Sam are on the run. From what, they will not say. Showing up on their family’s doorstep in Brooklyn, the surprise visit raises more questions than it answers. As the specter of their abandoned life in Georgia creeps back into focus, the family is forced to consider what must be sacrificed to raise a child in an often-cruel world. Donnetta Lavinia Grays’s heartbreaking and poetic portrait of love–Black, queer, familial–is a bold tribute to the enduring promise of tomorrow..."