Is God Is

Is God Is is an American play by Aleshea Harris. In 2018 a production directed by Taibi Magar opened Off-Broadway at Soho Rep and ran from February 6 to March 11.[1] The play looks at deviant morality, familial dysfunction, being a black girl/woman, and patricide.[2][3]

Is God Is
Written byAleshea Harris
Date premieredFebruary 6, 2018 (2018-02-06)
Place premieredSoho Repertory Theatre
Original languageEnglish
GenreDrama, Tragedy

Plot

African-American twin sisters Racine and Anaia were burned and scarred as babies. Their mother, known as "She" or "God," informs them from her deathbed that their father set the fire and instructs them to find and kill him.

Reception

Is God Is received 3 Obie Awards: for Playwriting for Aleshea Harris, Directing for Taibi Magar, and Performance for Alfie Fuller and Anaia and Dame-Jasmine Hughes as Racine.[4][5]

The play won the American Playwriting Foundation's Relentless Award in 2016. The award, issued to playwrights annually to honor Philip Seymour Hoffman, honored the play, noting its depiction of a revenge story that draws from "the ancient, the modern, the tragic, the Spaghetti Western, hip-hop and Afropunk". The cash prize of $45,000 is the largest cash prize in American theatre given, and about 2,000 un-produced plays were submitted.[6][7][8] The award gave Harris the opportunity to have stage readings in regional theaters across the country and abroad.

References
  1. Desk, BWW News. "Soho Rep. Announces Complete Casting And Creative Team For Aleshea Harris's IS GOD IS".
  2. Sukop, Sylvia (20 June 2016). ""Responding to a world which no longer makes sense": An interview with playwright Aleshea Harris".
  3. "Soho Rep Will Return to Its Longtime Theater With Two New Plays".
  4. "Describe the Night, Will Swenson, Dominique Morisseau, More Win 2018 Obie Awards". Playbill.
  5. ""Mary Jane" and "Is God Is" Achieve a Glorious Trifecta at the 63rd Obie Awards". Village Voice.
  6. "Playwright Aleshea Harris Wins Relentless Award".
  7. "American Award, Prestige Abroad for Aleshea Harris - Creative Pinellas". creativepinellas.org. Archived from the original on 2018-01-25. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  8. Coakley, Jacob (24 October 2016). "Aleshea Harris Wins 2016 Relentless Award - Stage Directions".
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