Sunflowers, or Black Women's Other Favorite Fruit

After their mother's sudden death, two DC sisters clash over personal freedom versus saving their family home and generational legacy.
About this Event

In this 50-minute, one-act hybrid performance of Sunflowers, or Black Women’s Other Favorite Fruit, the play follows two sisters, Kweli (“Sissy”) and Lizazi (“LeeLee”), navigating the immediate aftermath of their mother’s sudden death and the weight of caring for their paralyzed father upstairs. Sissy seeks personal liberation and artistic growth away from her family, while LeeLee desperately fights to keep the family home for her own reasons. Guided by a neighborhood chorus of women, the sisters clash in a heartbreaking struggle between individual expansion and holding the ground of generational legacy. The performance seamlessly blends read choral odes with staged, memorized scenes.

CAST AND CREW
CAST

KWELI (SISSY) Renee Namakau Ombaba

LIZAZI (LEELEE) Arie Rich

GALILEE Eva Lewis, Símonica Mendes

CREATIVE & PRODUCTION TEAM

DIRECTOR Krystal Ali

PRODUCTION DESIGN Kourtney Ramseur

COMPOSER AND STAGE MANAGER Aaron Harris

Dramaturg Dr. Christopher Peace

DCAC is NOT ADA-accessible. For additional accessibility needs or questions, please contact DCAC.

DCAC Members are offered a 20% discount. Please contact DCAC or [email protected] to receive the code.

Agenda

🕑: 07:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Doors Open
🕑: 08:00 PM - 08:05 PM
Opening Remarks
🕑: 08:10 PM - 09:00 PM
Play Begins