This play is absolutely beautiful; the language dances between natural and poetic speech, the characters are all perfectly entwined in each other's business like an actual Mississippi parish. Conflicts and desires ricochet off one another, slowly building to the shocking and heartbreaking truth of it all. Bird is human and she's a survivor and watching her build this relationship with the newly arrived Alma Jean is both heart-warming and heart-wrenching. I look forward to the day I get to experience this play in person!

A well structured, nuanced, and human play with amazing roles for Black women. The language both has the everyday irregularities of natural speech as well as a beautiful lyricism. Revelations are doled out at a good pace with wise use of flashback and private conversation. I hope to see this onstage soon!

I had the pleasure of working on this play before it's untimely shut down (after being chosen by the artistic team) at NYTW Next Door, due to COVID. (It was named as a Kilroy selection shortly thereafter). How often do we see plays about black, queer women in the American South? How often do we see plays that are this timely, necessary, and gorgeously written? It is as honest, brutal, and touching a work as they come. It deserves many more productions.