Our Fathers, Sons, Lovers and Little Brothers

By Makambe K Simamba
Subjects: Solo Shows, Ontario Playwrights, Women Writers, Black Playwrights, Theatre for Young Audiences, By Age — 15–18, Award Winners, Death, Grief & Loss
Casting: 1 role
Duration: 60 minutes
Imprint: Playwrights Canada Press
Show Details

Paperback : 9780369102423, 64 pages, September 2021
Ebook (EPUB) : 9780369102447, 250 pages, September 2021
Ebook (PDF) : 9780369102430, 250 pages, September 2021

Awards

Winner, Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play for Theatre for Young Audiences 2019

Description

Slimm, a seventeen-year-old Black boy in a hoodie suddenly finds himself in the first moments of his afterlife. He calls out for God. God does not respond. What happens next is a sacred journey through the unknown, as Slimm grapples with the truth of the life he lived and the death he didn’t choose.

Our Fathers, Sons, Lovers and Little Brothers is a protest for all Black life beyond headlines and hashtags, a prayer for all families left behind, and a promise to the community that all Black lives matter.

Reviews

“Utterly gripping and rendered with great tenderness and bravery.”
- S. Bear Bergman, Mooney on Theatre