Sunset Baby

Sunset Baby
By Dominique Morisseau
September 26 – October 20, 2019

Awards/honors:
OBIE and Steinberg Playwright Award-winning playwright

Seattle premiere

When the tough, independent Nina is visited by her father, a former revolutionary in the Black liberation movement, she can’t tell what he’s after – a fix to their broken relationship, or the cache of letters that ties their fates together. As father and daughter circle one another, old wounds are revealed, generational differences exposed, and blazing truths laid bare. Morisseau’s smart, entertaining and moving story about family, survival and the nature of liberation is “not only dynamic, it’s dynamite” (The New York Times).

“[A] smart and bracing new play about two generations of urban outlaws struggling to stay afloat in the lower depths…[Sunset Baby] covers vast acres of social and political ground.” – The New York Times

“…smart, entertaining and moving…while asking penetrating questions about the nature of liberation. Is it possible to be a good revolutionary and a good parent? Why are the gains made by one generation so often casually thrown away by the next? And what are the things we do for love?” – The Guardian

CAST

Aishé Keita Nina

Marcel Davis Kenyatta

Tyler Trerise Damon

CREATIVE TEAM

Valerie Curtis-Newton Director

Aviona Rodriguez Brown Production Stage Manager

Christopher Mumaw Scenic Designer

Bryce Bartl-Geller Lighting/Projections Designer

D.R. Amromin  Sound Design

Jessamyn Bateman-Iino Properties Master