Past Production
Here to Put My Father in the Ground, 2006
By Oni Faida Lampley
Directed by Daniella Varone
The tightly woven story shifts between Oklahoma City and the Heavens in an unflinching and darkly comic look at one girl’s epic struggle to keep her family together by sacrificing herself to domestic violence. Drawing on Greek and Egyptian mythology and performed by a talented ensemble of five actors, what emerges is a compelling examination of legacies of frustration and rage in the African-American community. Part hip-hop, part iambic pentameter, this work by award-winning playwright Oni Faida Lampley is a powerful expression of modern mythology.
