the ripple, the wave that carried me home

written by Christina Anderson
directed by David Girard

“Darling, this country is built on selective memory.”

Tony-nominated playwright Christina Anderson brings us a poignant, transporting, and quietly subversive story of racial justice, political legacy, and family forgiveness. Janice’s childhood was steeped in her parents’ activism as they fought for the integration of public swimming pools in 1960s Kansas and taught scores of Black children to swim. But Janice later steps away from her parents’ politics and starts her own life and family far away—until she’s pressed into speaking at a ceremony honoring her father. the ripple, the wave that carried me home is a moving exploration of a family’s response to injustice and a daughter’s reckoning with her political inheritance.

STARRING

Kamajhia

as Janice

Marquia Presley

as Helen

Christopher Randolph

as Edwin

Cher Davis

as Gayle

PRODUCTION TEAM

Director: David Girard
Stage Manager: Cynthia Riegler
Technical Director: Ryan Walker
Lighting Designer: Nicole K. Anderson
Scenic & Props: Claire Cimino
Costume Designer: Jenny Tammera
Sound Designer: Erik Anderson
Set Construction: Del Ward
Board Operator: Gillian Rodriguez

Bethany Atkins
Ellen Powell
Madelene Skinner
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James Weldon Johnson Park
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