BURNBABYBURN: an american dream

by a.k. payne

The air conditioner at 1987 Apple St. been broke for a minute and it's hot in the afterlife.

Sky II comes to her lost grandmother looking for answers; Sky has got some blues records and a bunch of poems.

As Sky tells her grandchild her story, they find ways to live with memories and to beat the heat.

Loosely inspired by oral histories.

The air conditioner at 1987 Apple St. been broke for a minute and it's hot in the afterlife.

Sky II comes to her lost grandmother looking for answers; Sky has got some blues records and a bunch of poems.

As Sky tells her grandchild her story, they find ways to live with memories and to beat the heat.

Loosely inspired by oral histories.

Type Reading, Organization Atlantic Theater Company , Year 2023
Type Reading, Organization Great Plains Theater Conference , Year 2021
Type Reading, Organization City Theatre (Momentum Festival) , Year 2019
Type Reading, Organization Episcopal Actor's Guild and Quicksilver Theater Company (Thomas Barbour Awards), Year 2019