Franklin, a young black artist on the eve of his first show, meets Andre, an older white art collector, and before long their feverish connection develops into an unbreakable bond. But when Franklin's mother, Zora, decides that her son is in peril, she enters into a battle of wills with Andre over the soul of the man they both call 'baby'.
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2018, New York Theatre Workshop, New York City
2022
Nick Hern Books
9781839040870
Realistic
On an Indian reserve (or "Rez"), the men band together to protest an all-girl hockey team. The men on the Rez see this encroachment of women as another assault on their identity, and the play touches on what aboriginal identity means. Dry Lips is full of conflict – of Native spirituality with Christianity, of men with women, of one business plan with another. But the violence and anger are presented initially as farce.
Realistic
In a Catholic High School in Scarborough amidst low-income housing, difficult race relations, and poverty, a teenager struggles to find her sexual identity.
