Borne Dust

by Kimberly Dixon-Mays

In Borne Dust, a 30-something Black woman finds her tentative entrance into domestic bliss getting more unfamiliar and suffocating with every step. So after too many of the women in her life drown her in warnings and war stories, she goes AWOL. But instead of this solving things, her world gets even more disorienting as strange people come looking for even stranger answers. Will she find a way to answer to them...

In Borne Dust, a 30-something Black woman finds her tentative entrance into domestic bliss getting more unfamiliar and suffocating with every step. So after too many of the women in her life drown her in warnings and war stories, she goes AWOL. But instead of this solving things, her world gets even more disorienting as strange people come looking for even stranger answers. Will she find a way to answer to them, and herself?

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Borne Dust

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  • Mia McCullough: Borne Dust by Kimberly Dixon-Mays
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    I read this play while it was still development, and was struck by the theatricality and Kimberly's strong voice. She's a confident writer who guides you into her world with a deft hand. I found this play to be moving and disturbing.

    I read this play while it was still development, and was struck by the theatricality and Kimberly's strong voice. She's a confident writer who guides you into her world with a deft hand. I found this play to be moving and disturbing.

    ”
Black woman, mid-30s
Black woman, mid-30s
Black woman, mid- 80s, and mid-20s
Black woman, mid-60s and mid-30s
Black woman, mid-60s and mid-30s
Black woman, early 20s and mid-30s and age 3 and open
Black woman, aged and ageless

Development History

  • Reading, Windy City Theater Sandbox Series, 2018
  • Reading, Chicago Dramatists Workshop's Saturday Series, 2017