Written and Directed
by Sarah Nansubuga
Asst. Director – Heyjin Kwon
Stage Manager – Caitlyn Gilliam
Set Design – Ethan Rogers
Costume Design – Claire Bertrand
Property Design – Isabelle Louis
Sound Design – Karli Herbert
Sarah Nansubuga
(Writer and Director)
Sarah is a second year PhD (Theatre) student with minors in Communication Studies and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Previous Credits include LSU Lab Show’s Wolf Play, Swine Palace’s Airline Highway and Arcadia (Understudy). Other performance credits include Southern Rep’s Eclipsed, and Mother Courage and Her Children. Sarah has served on the board of the African Graduate Student Association, and the International Student Association. This play is a tribute to storytelling as the humanizing experience at the heart of community.
Special thanks to Tebere Art’s Foundation, whose Mid to Late Career Playwright’s residency afforded me the time, space, recourses and community to expand what was a twenty-minute, one-woman show into a full-length four person production. Your dedicated work within the Ugandan theatre framework continues to provide a home for thespians desperately seeking a place to keep their stories alive. This is their website, check them out - https://tebere.org/
I would also like to recognize my many mothers – those women whose lives have set up the foundation for me to build my own. I admire your resilience, fear your strength, aspire to your hope, and thoroughly enjoy your company. Thank you for pouring into me with selfless abandon, and for showing me the value of a timely word.
Above all, I give thanks to God, without whom my very life would mean nothing.
| GRANDMOTHER | Gabrielle Taylor |
| NATASHA | Simone Jackson |
| GRANDDAUGHTER | Jillian Boyles |
| MAAMA | Kayla Short |
Kayla Short
(Maama)
Kayla (Maama) is a senior Theater (performance) major, and she is thrilled to perform in her second production at her time here at LSU. She played a variety of roles in LSU Theatre's The Book of Will, directed by George Judy. Upon graduation this spring, Kayla plans to become a middle school teacher in order to spread the joy of theater to underprivileged youth in the Greater Baton Rouge area.
Gabi Taylor (Grandmother)
Gabi (Grandmother) is a senior Mass Communications (journalism) major and Theatre (performance) minor. Gabi previously participated in LSU Theatre's At The Wedding and Rachel and the LSU Musical Theater Club’s Little Shop of Horrors. Gabi also contributed to the student-led film Mysterious Behaviors, currently in post-production. She is thrilled to be a part of this production and is thankful for this opportunity.
Jillian Boyles
(Granddaughter)
Jillian (Granddaughter) is a freshman Theatre (performance) major. This is her first production at LSU.
Simone Jackson (Natasha)
Simone (Natasha) is a junior film and TV major at LSU. Her interests include acting for film and theatre as well as Production design in film. Recent credits include Britt in upcoming Geaux Film Rush and Rachel in LSU Theatre's Rachel.
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