Riva Thornton flees from her immense grief in the real world into the magical world of the Black Grimm Forest that borders all fifty states. This forest is a safe space for its Black visitors to escape their racial trauma by morphing the fairytales into whatever they need. Riva conjures a slumber so deep and dreams so heavenly that three years of her life pass by. When a mysterious woman awakens Riva, she is drawn unwillingly into an adventure through the Grimm. Riva must choose to return to the land of the living to face her grief or cling to the illusion of happily ever after.
Broadway: Dividing The Estate (Lincoln Center). Off-Broadway: 365 Days 365 Plays (Cherry Lane/The Public), Dividing The Estate (Primary Stages), Ghosts (Pearl Theatre Company), Forgotten World Reading (The Public/Sundance Lab). Regional/LA: Eclipsed (McCarter Theatre), The Trip To Bountiful (Center Theatre Group), Cowboy Elektra (Getty Villa/Rogue Arts Ensemble), Georgia McBride (Ensemble Theatre). T.V./Film: The Player (NBC), Delocated (Adult Swim), 12 Steps To Recovery (VerizonFios Web), Burns (YouTube), Mid-CIty Blue (Pan African Film Festival). MFA: The University of California, San Diego. Member: AEA, SAG-AFTRA.
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*member, Actor’s Equity Association, the union of professional Actors and Stage Managers in the U.S. This production is presented under the auspices of the Actors’ Equity Los Angeles Membership Company Rule
