Zora on My Mind

by Anita Gonzalez

Draft and Sophie, two feisty woman spirits, one white and one black, invent a character (in the spirit of Zora) name KEY. KEY is a dispirited Black woman who owns a beauty chair she calls a shop and rents out rooms for cash after cleaning up white folks’ houses in Washington DC. When shoe shine salesman Malik rents a room in Key's place, the two of them change up the story. The writers conjure up a dance contest...

Draft and Sophie, two feisty woman spirits, one white and one black, invent a character (in the spirit of Zora) name KEY. KEY is a dispirited Black woman who owns a beauty chair she calls a shop and rents out rooms for cash after cleaning up white folks’ houses in Washington DC. When shoe shine salesman Malik rents a room in Key's place, the two of them change up the story. The writers conjure up a dance contest and a hair show to show off Key's talent, but in the end Key makes her own space a - place for survival.

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Zora on My Mind

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    ZORA ON MY MIND is a musical journey of self-love, storytelling, and finding one's purpose. Gonzalez's book and Lawrence's music pierce the soul, taking audience on a blues-filled trek. Inspired by the work of (Harlem) Renaissance woman Zora Neale Hurston, ZORA ON MY MIND fights against prescriptive narratives around race and gender and challenge the notion of what music theatre can and does look like. A wonderful four character journey, designed for choreographic exploration and innovative staging opportunities.

    ZORA ON MY MIND is a musical journey of self-love, storytelling, and finding one's purpose. Gonzalez's book and Lawrence's music pierce the soul, taking audience on a blues-filled trek. Inspired by the work of (Harlem) Renaissance woman Zora Neale Hurston, ZORA ON MY MIND fights against prescriptive narratives around race and gender and challenge the notion of what music theatre can and does look like. A wonderful four character journey, designed for choreographic exploration and innovative staging opportunities.

Development History

  • Type Workshop, Organization Georgetown University , Year 2022
  • Type Workshop, Organization Chicago Dramatists, Year 2020
  • Type Workshop, Organization Player's Club NYC and Movement Research, Year 2019

Production History

  • Type Professional, Organization Obsidian Theatre Festival (Selected Scenes), Year 2021

Awards

  • National Music Theatre Conference
    Eugene O Neill Theatre Center
    Semi-Finalist
    2021