SOJOURNERS
POWERFUL AND HEARTFELT DRAMA
< Back To What's OnBy Mfoniso Udofia
Directed by Valerie Curtis-Newton
September 11 - October 6, 2024
Abasiama and her husband Ukpong are Nigerian immigrants studying and living in Texas in the 1970s. Ukpong is exhilarated by the promises of America, but Abasiama is homesick and frustrated by Ukpong’s frequent absences. As Abasiama struggles with the physical pain of her pregnancy, the demands of work and schooling, the isolation of being away from her family, and the uncertainty of her future, an unexpected community inspires her to forge her own path. The first play in Mfoniso Udofia’s epic nine-part Ufot Cycle depicting the Nigerian-American experience, Sojourners is a “moving and powerful” (The New York Times) testament to the complexity of the American dream.
Thank you to our sponsors:
The 2024-2025 Season is sponsored by Linda J. Ravdin and Don Shapero.
Sojourners is sponsored by Nan Beckley and Jay & Robin Hammer.
Learn more about The Ufot Cycle HERE.