ICYMI Midday Edition: Directed by Delicia Turner Sonnenberg, the Cygnet Theatre production of Dominique Morisseau's 'Mud Row' is on stage through Jun. 19, 2022.
, was part of the famed Lark Play Development Center in New York. Her intimate, poetic writing — including the Tony-nominated"Skeleton Crew,"
Director Delicia Turner Sonnenberg said that the play was commissioned by the Pennsylvania-based People's Light theater company as part of a project to develop plays about the local neighborhoods. In the 1960s, sisters Elsie and Frances are divided about whether to protest for civil rights. In the present day, gentrification surrounds the home where sisters Regine and Toshi live.
"One of the things that comes up for me a lot with the play is this idea of how hard it is to forgive those closest to you, and the breathtaking journey of forgiveness," Sonnenberg said.Actors Rachel Cognata and Leo Ebanks are shown in an undated production photo of Cygnet Theatre's"Mud Row." In one scene, Regine and her partner, Davin are in the house on Mud Row discussing whether to tear the house down and start over. Regine feels distraught and disconnected from the history of the house, which she inherited from her grandmother.
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