LEAVING, SIMONE                                 

"The world is losing color"

Semi-Finalist: National Playwright’s Conference—Eugene O’Neill Center

THE MONOLOGUE PROJECT --selected as audition solo for Women of the African Diaspora. (Curator: Dominique Morisseau)

Simone, Scientist daughter of Michael (Historian in Academia) and Celeste (Former Artist), is working on her latest scientific project; Celeste wants her daughter to “leave her mark” by winning a Nobel Prize; After Celeste has a stroke, Michael pushes his daughter to find a partner near them; A surprise discovery of Celeste’s paintings changes Simone’s trajectory. 

Music by Nina Simone. Poetry by Frank X Walker, Lucille Clifton, Elizabeth Alexander, and Nikki Giovanni

Casting by Stephanie Holmes