We Are The Light Of The World

Toine and Katie are a young interracial couple, trying to survive in the aftermath of a racial apocalypse that has plunged the United States into violence and chaos. As Toine scavenges for supplies in the ruined city, a pregnant Katie waits restlessly in their squatter’s shelter on the outskirts. Meanwhile, Toine’s sister Val emerges as the semi-mythic narrator of the play, a brutal insurrectionist,...
Toine and Katie are a young interracial couple, trying to survive in the aftermath of a racial apocalypse that has plunged the United States into violence and chaos. As Toine scavenges for supplies in the ruined city, a pregnant Katie waits restlessly in their squatter’s shelter on the outskirts. Meanwhile, Toine’s sister Val emerges as the semi-mythic narrator of the play, a brutal insurrectionist, inspirational leader of the revolution, and passionate prophet of suffering and rebirth.
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We Are The Light Of The World

Development History

  • Reading
    ,
    Red Theater, Chicago
    ,
    2016

Awards

Winner
,
84th National Writing Competition
,
Writer's Digest
,
2016
Winner
,
National Playwriting Competition
,
The Red Theater
,
2015