Eljon Wardally

Besides the Sea follows three sisters trapped within the walls of their home and within the deeper confines of their own fear and trauma. Ivy mourns by clinging to what remains of their father, Mildred retreats into a dream world of her own making, and Annette flees entirely. Their ways of grieving are different, and none are wrong—but healing proves impossible until each sister confronts the truth they’ve been avoiding: their father is gone.

At a wedding rehearsal, four women navigate the trials and tribulations of being Black women in America while finding humor and solace within the bonds of their sisterhood. When an outside incident threatens to tear them apart, they must confront what haunts them in order to heal each other.

A man in solitary haunted by the spirits of Ota Benga and the Venus Hottentot, enslaved Africans on a ship and a train, a lawyer who wants to bring slavery back, Mother Time, and Adam and Eve all bound by a noose that travels through history. Black Americanah for Sale is a take on the current prominent themes and identities of African American culture. Told in a series of vignettes, each explores imprisonment, racial stereotypes, the ongoing trauma of slavery, wounds that can't heal and the power of legacy.

Set in a bodega on the Lower East Side of NY, a budding feminist and her conservative husband struggle to sacrifice remnants of their past in Syria for the sake of their uncertain future in the United States.

Set in a rum shop in the Spice Isle of Grenada, Rose, an oppressed housewife, has lived life for her husband, Fitz, a failed Calypsonian, and daughter, Garland, a gifted steel pan player. When a once in a lifetime opportunity for her daughter presents itself, Rose realizes she's put her own dreams on hold long enough and she is forced to make a decision, should she stay or should she go?

Set in a third grade classroom, Nelson, a former soldier, and Cody, a former football player, try to cope with their traumatic brain injuries in a therapy group for people with similar conditions. Even though their injuries are different, they are both dependent on each other to get better but when tensions and memories of the past come to a head, they must decide whether they are strong enough to change their lives or fall victim to what seeks to destroy them.

Big Black Balloon explores the relationship between Henry and Cleo, two people whose insecurities trigger their imaginary friends to return and take over their lives. Set in a studio apartment in L.A., the city of celebrity also serves as a character igniting the pressure to be beautiful and glamorous at all costs.

Bishop is set in 1983 on the tiny Spice Isle known as Grenada. As a political coup threatens to destroy and divide the nation, will the Morganson family keep the war outside from dividing their home? Will Prime Minister Maurice Bishop survive the coup? Will the island survive or will the outside powers win and dissolve any hope that the voices of the people be remembered?

Set in an apartment in Brooklyn, two sets of friends meet to celebrate the holiday. When tensions over employment and starting a family come to a head, one couple realizes there is very little to celebrate.

2020. Brandon, aka "Homie with the Hardware" posts his latest live, a show celebrating the hardware store while in quarantine.

Lifelong friends, Lil and Benji, magically meet under their favorite Weeping Willow tree to tackle haunting memories, explore unanswered dreams, and realize how lives are forever altered by war.