A two-play showcase featuring Excuse My French!, produced by Patrick “PJ” Davis of BC Works, and Serial Killers: The Crucifixion of the Black Man in America, produced by Nikki Luellen of Nikki EL Films & Theatre.

Set in 1901 on the day of the annual Blue Vein Ball, this play follows Alfred Benoit Ryder, a formerly enslaved man whose carefully built life is challenged when a woman from his past arrives looking for the husband she once knew. Written and produced by Rashanique the Writer of Brown House Productions LLC, with Rod and Qiana Taylor of Taylor Theatre Company as executive producers.

This stage play follows Lyza, a young woman diagnosed with a terminal illness, as she tries to understand how she reached this point and faces grief, illness, and acceptance. Written and produced by LaQuandra Gray of Unique 97.