Is God Is

Written by Aleshea Harris
Directed by Marti Gobel
Performance Dates: April 6 – May 28, 2023
Press Performances: Saturday April 15
Featuring Ensemble Member Karen Aldridge
Chicago Premiere!
When twins Racine and Anaia receive a letter from the mother they thought was dead, they swear to avenge her — and themselves — with blood. Their “mission from God” spans from the Dirty South to the California desert, from hip-hop to Afropunk, from ancient tragedy to the Spaghetti Western. Winner of the 2016 Relentless Award and the 2018 Obie Award for Playwriting, Is God Is asks us to consider the roots, futility, and inevitability of cyclical violence, and to question ourselves for wallowing so happily in stories that traffic in it.

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WRITTEN BY
Aleshea Harris

DIRECTED BY
Marti Gobel

PERFORMANCE RUN
April 6 – May 28, 2023

SEASON
Season 30

Chicago Premiere!

When twins Racine and Anaia receive a letter from the mother they thought was dead, they swear to avenge her — and themselves — with blood. Their epic “mission from God” spans from the Dirty South to the California desert, from hip-hop to Afropunk, from ancient tragedy to the Spaghetti Western. Winner of the 2016 Relentless Award and the 2018 Obie Award for Playwriting, Is God Is asks us to consider the roots, futility, and inevitability of cyclical violence, and to question ourselves for wallowing so happily in stories that traffic in it. 

CAST
Racine | Aja Singletary
Anaia | Ashli Rene Funches
She | Ensemble Member Karen Aldridge
Chuck Hall | Sherman Edwards
Riley | Donovan Session
Scotch | Andrew Muwonge
Angie | Rita Wicks
Man | Kevin Minor

U/s Racine |
U/s Anaia | Whitney Dottery
U/s She & Angie |
U/s Chuck Hall / Man | Matty Robinson
U/s Riley | Gardy Gilbert
U/s Scotch |

CREATIVE TEAM
Scenic Design | Sydney Lynne
Costume Design | Gregory Graham
Lighting Design | Levi Wilkins
Sound Design | Daniel Etti-Williams
Properties Design | Jennifer Wernau
Composer | Kemet Gobel
Fight & Intimacy Choreographer | Jyreika Guest
Technical Director | Tom Daniel
Stage Manager | Michelle Levinson
Production Manager | Patrick Starner
Assistant Director | Detra Payne
Dramaturg | Martine Kai Green
Assistant Costume Designer | Janelle Smith
Assistant Dramaturg | Peter Ruiz
Artistic Producer | Travis A. Knight
Photography | Mike Hari / Fadeout Media
Original Art & Graphic Design | L.M. Freebird