Courtesy of the PCLN“The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God is a remarkable love, an incredible heist, an extraordinary funeral, and an impassioned search for answers to the profound mysteries of being alive. A beautiful and deeply moving story set in present-day Negro Creek, a 200-year-old Black community in Western Ontario. Rainey Baldwin-Johnson, a county doctor, struggles to come to terms with the loss of her daughter, the disintegration of her marriage, and an eccentric elderly father on an astonishing crusade.” (From the CPO Website)
Rainey Baldwin Johnson / Michael Baldwin / Abendigo Johnson / Ivy / Darese / Girlene / Bert / Dr. Radcliffe / Delivery Man / Guard / Chorus
2002, Obsidian Theatre and Nightwood Theatre
The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God is available through the CPO Website and Playwrights Canada Press.
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Shortlisted for Trillium Book Award
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