The Devils Between Us by Sharifa Yasmin

In a small town in the boonies of South Carolina, a closeted young man named George is trying to figure out how to keep his late father's business running, only to be faced with a ghost from his youth. A young Muslim, who he knew as his boyhood lover Latif, has returned as Latifa to take care of her estranged fathers funeral. Forced to confront devils both have been avoiding, they find that their only way...
In a small town in the boonies of South Carolina, a closeted young man named George is trying to figure out how to keep his late father's business running, only to be faced with a ghost from his youth. A young Muslim, who he knew as his boyhood lover Latif, has returned as Latifa to take care of her estranged fathers funeral. Forced to confront devils both have been avoiding, they find that their only way out of the past, is through each other.
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The Devils Between Us

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  • Jolie Frazer-Madge:
    13 Jan. 2022
    “ More plays about queer people in the South!!! As a gay South Carolinian this made my heart so happy!! ”
  • Maximillian Gill:
    24 Dec. 2021
    “ An intensely moving play with sharply drawn, richly inhabited characters. Yasmin's gift with dialogue is so assured that you can really feel the full weight of all of the living these characters have had before they reached this point. The piece documents traumas in a clear-eyed way, but it also shows the path out, the way to redemption for these characters. ”
  • Shaun Leisher:
    15 Jul. 2021
    “ A fantastic addition to the canon of Southern Theatre. A play about a trans person that isn't about them transitioning or coming out. Trans people deal with other things like having to bury their father. Such an intimate play with rich characters that have deep ties with each other. No one is good or evil here. Everyone is just doing their best. ”
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GEORGE - Cis White Man. Late 20s.
LATIFA - Trans Arab Woman. Late 20s.
BARB - Cis White Woman. 60s.
HUNTER - Cis Man. Black. 30s.

Development History

  • Reading
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    TransTheatreFest
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    2021
  • Reading
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    Women's Theatre Festival
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    2020