Synopsis
Is God Is
$12.99
Published by Nick Hern Books
4 Male 4 Female
WINNER of The Obie Award for Playwrighting 2017
WINNER of The Relentless Award 2016
When a letter arrives from the mother they thought was dead, twenty-one-year-old twins Racine and Anaia travel from the Dirty South to the California desert, to a yellow house with teal shutters
They're on a mission to avenge her past, and they're ready to take down anyone who stands in their way
A revenge tale about two women seeking justice and taking control of their own narratives, Is God Is collides the ancient and the modern, the tragic and the Spaghetti Western, hip-hop and Afropunk
Aleshea Harris's play received its British premiere in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in September 2021, directed by Ola Ince
REVIEWS
"A snarly new master of high-octane carnage has risen into view … putting her own audacious stamp on that most venerable of pop genres … Is God Is sees fit to bring down the house" ~ New York Times
"Excellent revenge fantasy … furious and incandescent" ~ Time Out New York
"A rich, funny, unnerving, exhilarating gold mine" ~ New York Magazine