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Jeff Award Nominated 2023

Photo Credit: Joe Mazza | Brave Lux

Director: McKenzie Chinn
Scenic & Props Designer: Eleanor Kahn
Lighting Designer: Eric Watkins
Costume Designer: Jos N. Banks
Sound Designer: Willow James

Summary by Director McKenzie Chinn:
When she realizes that she's in love with her best friend Kofi, hopeless romantic Ariel sets out on a quest to tell him how she feels...and make a pilgrimage to the shores of Africa. Inspired by A RAISIN IN THE SUN, Ariel seeks to heal a 400 year old wound through her journey toward selfhood. As she grapples with the gray space of being neither fully African nor fully American, she uncovers the darkest parts of herself and the sweet spots in her Black American identity. This choreopoem samples the old and makes space for the new as Ariel sails to Ghana to confess her love to Kofi.