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In August 1831 Nat Turner led a slave uprising that shook the conscience of the nation. Turner's startling account of his prophecy and the insurrection was recorded and published by attorney Thomas R. Gray. Nathan Alan Davis writes a timely new play that imagines Turner's final night in a jail cell in Jerusalem Virginia as he is revisited by Gray and they reckon with what has passed and what the dawn will bring. Woven with vivid imagery and indelible lyricism Nat Turner in Jerusalem examine

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.

Late at night, a ghost tells Gail she will die within the next 24 hours. So begins The Refuge Plays, an epic tale in three plays that follows one Black family over 70 years. Written by Nathan Alan Davis, this bold reimagining of an American "family play" follows four generations in reverse chronology as they carve out an existence for themselves in a southern Illinois forest.Each of the three plays Protect the Beautiful Place, Walking Man and Early's House runs for 60 minutes. They can be presented together or individually.

Margaret doesn't know who she is or what she's aiming for. Forced to work two jobs to pay down her debt, she wades through office triviality at The Services Corporation by day and works the drive-thru of The Burg at night. But through co-workers and friends, Margaret's existential muddle begins to resolve as connections are found in the most unsuspecting of places.Funny, satirical and surprising, Origin Story is an offbeat look at the quarter-life crisis and how to connect in an unconnected world.