Institute History
Description
NANA is a play based on my paternal lineage and their self-mythologies. Set in the Bronx in the late fifties, NANA takes place over the course of a few days in a particularly sweltering month of June in the apartment the majority of my great aunts, uncles, and grandmother lived. Exploring colorism within a family unit, dysfunctional logics of attempts at loving one's blackness before it was a trend, the ease of whiteness, and substance abuse as self-medication, NANA lets all her brood spew together, never allowing them to leave where they come from.
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