The first in a trilogy, Donja R. Love's play tugs the heartstrings at First Floor Theater.
I try not to show any emotion when I attend plays as a critic and not just an audience member, but I couldn't help but shed some tears during the Chicago premiere of Donja R. Love's Sugar in Our Wounds, a romantic drama about two enslaved Black men who find love and home in each other as the Civil War rages on. Produced by First Floor Theater and directed by Mikael Burke, the play is the first in a trilogy that explores the forgotten stories of Black queers, as their existence has been largely erased by history.…
The first in a trilogy, Donja R. Love's play tugs the heartstrings at First Floor Theater.
I try not to show any emotion when I attend plays as a critic and not just an audience member, but I couldn't help but shed some tears during the Chicago premiere of Donja R. Love's Sugar in Our Wounds, a romantic drama about two enslaved Black men who find love and home in each other as the Civil War rages on. Produced by First Floor Theater and directed by Mikael Burke, the play is the first in a trilogy that explores the forgotten stories of Black queers, as their existence has been largely erased by history.…