WE SHALL SOMEDAY
Book and lyrics by Harrison David Rivers with music and additional lyrics by Ted Shen
“A beautiful, urgent exploration of race and activism alongside the family and the deep ties that bind them.”
“The opportunity to share this particular story with the Twin Cities community as it reckons with the role of police in our community in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder is a profound opportunity and on Ted Shen and I are incredibly grateful for.”
Three generations of a Black family grapple with inequality, violence and oppression in America. In 1961, Julius, a short order cook at a diner in a small town in Arkansas, decides to follow the Freedom Riders as they journey South in pursuit of justice. In 1988, his daughter, Ruby, a retail worker, struggles to understand an incident of brutality against her 15-year-old son. In 1992, Ruby’s son, Jay, a college sophomore, considers his own activism in the wake of the Los Angeles riots. This unique musical asks us to contemplate the cycle of racism in this country and how we might commit to creating real change.
WE SHALL SOMEDAY as part of NEXT Up
In Fall 2020, Theater Latté Da will further develop WE SHALL SOMEDAY with playwright Harrison David Rivers and composer Ted Shen as part of our NEXT Up new works initiative.
To learn more about NEXT Up, our intensive new works laboratory, click here.
ON THE GROUND: TWIN CITIES THEATRES RESPOND TO THE MOMENT AND BEYOND
INTRODUCTION TO WE SHALL SOMEDAY
HIGHLIGHTS FROM BROADBEND, ARKANSAS AT TRANSPORT GROUP THEATER
