Blooming In Dry Season
2024 Sylvia Sprinkle-Hamlin Rolling World Premiere Award
Written by Eljon Wardally
Directed by Jackie Alexander
with Original Music by Etienne Charles
Set in a rum shop on the Spice Isle of Grenada and peppered with music that defines a culture, Fitz, a failed Calypsonian, faces losing everything when he and his wife, Rose, butt heads over their daughter Garland’s path in life. A gifted steelpan player, Garland has been offered the opportunity to tour with the most famous Calypso group in the Caribbean, but Fitz fears the outcome will repeat his own disappointments in life. As tensions grow and secrets are revealed, the family struggles to mend broken dreams and find their lost harmony.
News Release: NC Black Rep to Collaborate With New Federal Theatre on Blooming in Dry Season
Friday, August 1 @7:30pm
Saturday, August 2 @2pm & 7:30pm
Sunday, August 3 @2pm
Thursday, August 7 @7:30pm
Friday, August 8 @7:30pm
Saturday, August 9 @2pm and 7:30pm
Sunday, August 10 @2pm