Sugar In Our WoundsWorld Premiere

Press

Performance and design come together in director Saheem Ali's production, which takes full advantage of the high stakes to create a world that is simultaneously enchanted and all too real. This starts with the giant tree at the center of Arnulfo Maldonado's set: imposing, brimming with secrets, and fed by the blood of slaves. Trying with all their might to climb it, neither James nor Henry ever reaches the top. Dede Ayite's weathered costumes tell the story of a lifetime of improvisation in the quest for survival. Jason Lyons conjures fantastic nights with moonlight streaming through the weeping branches of the tree. Palmer Hefferan shifts the mood in the room with a sound cue, whether it is the southern ambience of cicadas or the ominous clamor of a pack of hounds in the distance.

Zachary Stewart, Theatremania