Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea

18-year-old Dontrell Jones the Third decides that it is his duty and destiny to venture into the Atlantic Ocean in search of an ancestor lost during the middle passage. But his family is not at all ready to abandon its prized son to the waters of the mysterious and haunting past. Blending poetry, humor, wordplay and ritual, DONTRELL, WHO KISSED THE SEA is a present-day hero's quest exploring the lengths and depths we must go to redeem history's wrongs.

National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere

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