February 11–12, 2017
Leeds Theatre
Written by Kyla Searle ’19 MFA
Directed by Mauricio Salgado ’18 MFA
Presented as part of Writing is Live 2017
In 1820 South Carolina, a Senator’s wife contemplates the auction block. In 1930s California, a labor secretary confronts a cotton strike. In 1950s Bay Area, real estate developers configure segregated housing. All three moments converge through stories of ghosts, land, and erasure as the past shapes the present during a midnight bus ride.
Kyla Searle ’19 MFA is a Bay Area-born writer, curator, and dramaturg. Her work in theatre has led her to the Institute for Arts and Civic Dialogue, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, La Mama ETC, Soho Rep, and New Dramatists as well as Germany, England, Brazil, and the Czech Republic. She regularly collaborates with theater artists Sharon Bridgforth and Daniel Alexander Jones. Kyla holds degrees from UCLA and NYU.