DONTRELL, WHO KISSED THE SEA

Written by: nathan alan davis

Directed by: gregory wallace

2015

A co-production by Lower Depth Theatre and Skylight Theatre.

Eighteen-year-old Dontrell Jones the Third decides that it is his duty and destiny to venture into the Atlantic Ocean in search of an ancestor lost during the Middle Passage. But his family is not at all ready to abandon its prized son to the waters of a mysterious and haunting past. Blending poetry, humor, wordplay and ritual, Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea is a present-day hero’s quest exploring the lengths and depths we must go to redeem history’s wrongs.

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...imaginatively conceived and written, spectacularly staged and designed, and acted with ferocious commitment, the result is thrilling.
— The Los angeles Post

 

Gallery

cast

creative

Omete Anassi

Haley McHugh

Benai Boyd

Charles McCoy

Yvonne Huff Lee

Jasmine St.Clair

Stephanie Kerley - Set Designer

Jeff McLaughlin - Lighting Designer

David B. Marling - Sound Designer

Naila Aladdin Sanders - Costume Designer

Christopher Hoffman - Stage Manager

Dylan Southard - Dramaturgy

 

Because ultimately what makes ‘Dontrell’ soar is Davis’ uniquely lyrical script, and its thematic veracity and original authorial voice floats us past fleeting new-play issues.
— The L.A. Times