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Never Realm's Interlude (2022)
Written and Directed by Cynthia Okorafor
A hauntingly beautiful play about the mysterious ‘between’ full of mmụọ, spirits, orishas, and Arusi. The story follows Yanna, the forgotten one: a spirit and personification of mischief, seduction, and death with a fickle nature and penchant for danger. On the fateful night Yanna finds Chi, a girl who longs for the beyond and has decided to end things. This emotional moment draws Yanna in, activating a curse from long ago. Chi becomes possessed by Yanna and is now the siren seeker of souls. Time jumps backward to 15th century Nigeria to reveal the origin of Yanna's curse. It's a conversation of Gods and an epic battle between Ancestors and Spirits. In the end Yanna is cursed to do the one thing they despise most.... to live.
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