SUNSET BABY

Dominique Morisseau

Directed by Charlotte Westenra
Assistant Director Melanie Spencer

Design Francesca Reidy

Lighting Hartley TA Kemp

Sound Simon Slater

Production Manager Bernd Fauler

Stage Manager Kate Schofield

Deputy Stage Manager Natasha Emma Jones

Dialect Coach Sarah Stephenson

Cast Michelle Asante, Chu Omambala, Ben Onwukwe

 

Kenyatta Shakur is alone. His wife has died, and now, this former Black revolutionary and political prisoner, is desperate to reconnect with his estranged daughter Nina. But Nina embodies everything that is contrary to the movement he fought for. She doesn’t trust him and she is certainly not going to forgive him. If Kenyatta truly wants to reconcile his past, he must first conquer his most challenging revolution of all – fatherhood.



Vivaciously scripted by emerging American writer Dominique Morisseau, Sunset Baby is an energised, vibrant and witty look at the point where the personal and political collide. Directed by Charlotte Westenra (Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Donmar Warehouse) this world premiere will give you the chance to be amongst the first to hear from one of the most exciting and distinctive undiscovered voices in America.