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Even though he is a citizen, Kufre, a smart and artistically talented young boy, is trying out America for the first time. Ever. He comes to America with his mother, Iniabasi, and together they stay with Grandma Abasiama and Aunty Adiaha, who, before now, he had only ever seen via Skype.
They enroll him in “The Zone,” a summer youth program in the “Little Senegal” part of Harlem. But once there, Kufre finds that neither the Black American children nor the children of Little Senegal like him. Just as Kufre feels he is doomed to spend the summer alone, he meets Quay— a super-creative African American girl just like him. Maybe through their friendship – and theater, of course! -- they can bring their youth center together…
Please note: While this is a play for children, it does not pander. These are urban kids that actually exist, and thus will sound like these students. Expect something that is as rough, tough and as beautiful as the students of Harlem.