Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea
- Full Length Play, Dramatic Comedy, Present Day, Contemporary
- 3M, 4F
- ISBN: 9780573706158
CRITIC'S CHOICE! "A mesmerizing blend of magical realism and poetic social comment..."
The Los Angeles Times
Description
- Full Length Play
- Dramatic Comedy
- 90 minutes
- Time Period: Present Day, Contemporary
- Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
- Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
- Cautions: Strong Language
- Performance Group:
- College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
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.
REVIEWS:
CRITIC'S CHOICE! "A mesmerizing blend of magical realism and poetic social comment..."
The Los Angeles Times
"Nathan Alan Davis's script is sunny and lovable, despite its inexorable pull from present-day Baltimore toward the slave trade's notorious Middle Passage."
The Washington Post
"This fable about a young Black man's search for an ancestor who leapt off a slave ship as it crossed the Atlantic weaves storytelling, music, dance, and ritual into a fantastical tapestry [...] the result is thrilling."
Los Angeles Post
"Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea breaks over us like wave upon wave of human love and hope, submerges us in honesty, buoys us by its bold vision and heartfelt voice [...] this beautiful new play is an absolute must."
DC Metro Theater Arts
"[T]his play's greatness doesn't really come from the plot, though the plot's water-tightness and inevitability show playwright Nathan Alan Davis' incredible skill. The characters and poetically transfixing language are the real stars."
DC Theatre Scene
"This play illuminates a corner of the human condition and will change the way we understand a hero in the context of his family."
Eugene Weekly
Characters
- Casting: 3M, 4F
- Casting Attributes: Role(s) for Black Actor(s), Ensemble cast
ERIKA - (W, 21, White) A lifeguard and Dontrell's soul mate
DAD (Dontrell Jones, Jr.) - (M, 40s, Black) Dontrell's father
MOM (Sophia Jones) - (W, 40s, Black) - Dontrell's mother
DANIELLE - (W, 17, Black) Dontrell's little sister
SHEA - (W, 30s, Black) Dontrell's cousin on his father's side
ROBBY (M, 19, Black) Dontrell's best friend and an honorary member of the family
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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. |
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