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Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 4w, 3m
Nathan Alan Davis
Blending poetry, humour, 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.
Eighteen-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 a 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.
Baltimore, the Chesapeake Bay coast and the Atlantic Ocean. The present.
“A mesmerizing blend of magical realism and poetic social comment.” – The Los Angeles Times
“Nathan Alan Davis’s script is sunny and lovable, despite its inexorable pull from present-day Baltimore toward the slave trade’s notorious Middle Passage.” – The Washington Post, Read More
“This fable about a young Black man’s search for an ancestor who leapt off a slave ship as it crossed the Atlantic weaves storytelling, music, dance and ritual into a fantastical tapestry... the result is thrilling.” – Los Angeles Post, Read More
“Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea breaks over us like wave upon wave of human love and hope, submerges us in honesty, buoys us by its bold vision and heartfelt voice... this beautiful new play is an absolute must.” – DC Metro Theaer Arts, Read More
Critic’s Choice! “A mesmerizing blend of magical realism and poetic social comment.” – The Los Angeles Times, Read More
“This play’s greatness doesn’t really come from the plot, though the plot’s water-tightness and inevitability show playwright Nathan Alan Davis’ incredible skill. The characters and poetically transfixing language are the real stars.” – DC Theatre Scene, Read More
“This play illuminates a corner of the human condition and will change the way we understand a hero in the context of his family.” – Eugene Weekly, Read More
Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea – RhinoLeap Trailer
Director Wallace Bridges discusses Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea – EMU Theatre
Nathan Alan Davis is a playwright and screenwriter based in New York and Boston. His writing for the stage includes The Refuge Plays (Roundabout Theatre/NYTW), Nat Turner in Jerusalem (NYTW), The High Ground (Arena Stage), Eternal Life Part 1 (Wilma Theater), Origin Story (Ci ...