[hieroglyph]

By Erika Dickerson-Despenza

Co-production with SF Playhouse

Directed by Margo Hall 

March 13 - April 3, 2021

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On-demand streaming play

Involuntarily displaced in Chicago two months post-Katrina, 13-year-old Davis wrestles with the cultural landscape of a new city and school community while secretly coping with the PTSD of an assault at the Superdome. With her mother still in New Orleans committed to the fight for Black land ownership and her father committed to starting a new life in the Midwest, divorce threatens to further separate a family already torn apart. Will Davis be left hanging in the balance? [hieroglyph] traverses the intersection of environmental racism, sexual violence, and displacement, examining the psychological effects of a state-sanctioned man-made disaster on the most vulnerable members of the Katrina diaspora.

CONTENT ADVISORY:

[hieroglyph] contains depictions of violence and sexual abuse, which could be disturbing to some viewers.

COMING SOON: Intimate Apparel

We're excited to announce that we will be presenting an audio play of Lynn Nottage's Intimate Apparel. Our March 2020 production of this heart-rending work was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so we're thrilled to be able to share it with you.

More information will be available at a later date.

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