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Playwright Mfoniso Udofia stages a family homecoming, asking what it means to draw on the wisdom and beauty of our ancestors when the bonds of family are stretched to the limit. Abasiama’s eldest daughter Adiaha wants to become a writer to make her family proud, but at her graduation party, she has to choose: fulfill her parents’ desires to settle with a traditional Nigerian man, or stay true to her own romantic match. Director Awoye Timpo (The Bluest Eye at The Huntington) reunites with longtime collaborator Udofia for a play with the rich heart of a family drama against the thrilling theatrical backdrop of a Greek chorus of ancestors.
Ufot Family Cycle
Written By Mfoniso Udofia
Directed by Awoye Timpo
The Grovewas commissioned and developed by the Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company, Chris Coleman, Artistic Director.
The Grovereceived development support at New Dramatists through the Bucket List Initiative, a program supported by a grant from Venturous Theatre Funds of Tides Foundation.
The Grovereceived a presentation as part of The Other Season at Seattle Repertory Theatre 2016-2017.
Playwright Mfoniso Udofia stages a family homecoming, asking what it means to draw on the wisdom and beauty of our ancestors when the bonds of family are stretched to the limit. Abasiama’s eldest daughter Adiaha wants to become a writer to make her family proud, but at her graduation party, she has to choose: fulfill her parents’ desires to settle with a traditional Nigerian man, or stay true to her own romantic match. Director Awoye Timpo (The Bluest Eye at The Huntington) reunites with longtime collaborator Udofia for a play with the rich heart of a family drama against the thrilling theatrical backdrop of a Greek chorus of ancestors.
Ufot Family Cycle
Written By Mfoniso Udofia
Directed by Awoye Timpo
The Grovewas commissioned and developed by the Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company, Chris Coleman, Artistic Director.
The Grovereceived development support at New Dramatists through the Bucket List Initiative, a program supported by a grant from Venturous Theatre Funds of Tides Foundation.
The Grovereceived a presentation as part of The Other Season at Seattle Repertory Theatre 2016-2017.
The Calderwood Pavilion contains the Wimberly Theatre, the Roberts Studio Theatre, the Carol G. Deane Hall, and the Nicholas Martin Hall. You should navigate to the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA if you are seeing a show in any of those aforementioned spaces.
