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So Goes We
Synopsis
So Goes We is a socio-political choral drama that follows the fraught and intersecting journeys of black asylum seekers and their legal advocates in the U.S. post-2016. Dominique, a Haitian Ethics professor and political activist, flees threats to her life with her daughter while her husband, Kervens, continues the fight at home until he may follow. Sarita and Josie, immigration lawyers with a strong track record of success find themselves undone at every turn by increasingly chaotic and restrictive national policies. Josie’s recent loss of a daughter in childbirth puts at risk her clients and her marriage. When Dominique and her daughter are detained and separated at the Texas border, Sarita urges Josie to take the case to recover her sense of purpose and justice but will even her best efforts be too late? So Goes We examines our ideas of community, justice, citizenship, and human rights as America draws shut its “golden door.”
Characters
Josie Lamont-Patterson (Black woman, 40s) – an immigration lawyer.
Kazima Lamont-Patterson (Black woman, 40s) – Josie’s wife, geneticist, community based activist and organizer.
Dominque Jean-Baptiste (Black woman, 30s) – ethics professor, political activist, refugee seeking political asylum
Sarita de la Cruz Snyder (Latinx woman, 40s) – Josie’s best friend, immigration lawyer
Kervens Jean-Baptiste (Black man, 40s) – Dominique’s husband, economics professor.
Cast Breakdown
4 Women, 1 Man
Time and Place
July, 2018 to May, 2019
Various.
Development History
So Goes We is a socio-political choral drama that follows the fraught and intersecting journeys of black asylum seekers and their legal advocates in the U.S. post-2016. Dominique, a Haitian Ethics professor and political activist, flees threats to her life with her daughter while her husband, Kervens, continues the fight at home until he may follow. Sarita and Josie, immigration lawyers with a strong track record of success find themselves undone at every turn by increasingly chaotic and restrictive national policies. Josie’s recent loss of a daughter in childbirth puts at risk her clients and her marriage. When Dominique and her daughter are detained and separated at the Texas border, Sarita urges Josie to take the case to recover her sense of purpose and justice but will even her best efforts be too late? So Goes We examines our ideas of community, justice, citizenship, and human rights as America draws shut its “golden door.”
Characters
Josie Lamont-Patterson (Black woman, 40s) – an immigration lawyer.
Kazima Lamont-Patterson (Black woman, 40s) – Josie’s wife, geneticist, community based activist and organizer.
Dominque Jean-Baptiste (Black woman, 30s) – ethics professor, political activist, refugee seeking political asylum
Sarita de la Cruz Snyder (Latinx woman, 40s) – Josie’s best friend, immigration lawyer
Kervens Jean-Baptiste (Black man, 40s) – Dominique’s husband, economics professor.
Cast Breakdown
4 Women, 1 Man
Time and Place
July, 2018 to May, 2019
Various.
Development History
- New Play Development Workshop at UNC's Department of Dramatic Art - December 2019