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Berta, Berta
After committing an unforgivable crime, Leroy is granted one final wish: a chance to make amends with his long-lost lover Berta. Their reunion swells from a quarrelsome conjuring of the past to an impassioned plot to escape their impending fate.
The play is inspired by the prison chain gang song "Berta, Berta" which originated on Parchman Farm, Mississippi State Penitentiary. It is a fictional origin story.
1W, 1M
Upcoming Production at Everyman Theatre, March 17th-April 26th, 2020.
Berta, Berta premiered in the 2018 Contemporary American Theatre Festival (CATF), and encored in the 2019 National Black Theatre Festival, directed by Reginald L. Douglas.
Berta, Berta was one of six plays selected for the 2018 PlayLab at Florida Repertory Company. Out of 500 submissions, Berta, Berta was one of 25 finalists for the 2017 Bay Area Playwrights Festival, and the only play to be selected for a slot in the Playwrights Foundation's Rough Reading Series with staged readings at the National Black Theatre's and Elephant Run District's hERD Podcast series.