Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea.

by Nathan Alan Davis

Eighteen-year-old Dontrell Jones the Third decides that it is his duty and destiny to venture into the Atlantic Ocean in search of an ancestor lost during the Middle Passage. But his family is not at all ready to abandon its prized son to the waters of a mysterious and haunting past. Blending poetry, humor, wordplay, and ritual, Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea is a present-day hero’s quest exploring the lengths and depths we must go to redeem history’s wrongs.

Genres: Plays, Theatre

Unknown Binding

Reviews

[olivia tell]

“we are not destiny’s authors. we take notes”

[Miz Lizzie]

A powerful play about a young Black man who has a power dream about an African ancestor who unshackles himself and jumps into the sea to escape a slave ship. Dontrell is just about to set out to college on a full scholarship but feels drawn to the sea to connect with and heal his ancestral line. Read after seeing a production of the play.

[Bea]

Stunning & beautiful!

[ben]

It’s lacking some needed context and like a middle

[marianne]

3.5 stars, gorgeous writing

[Maddy HB]

Beautiful magical realism themed play blending comedy, poetry, and monologue. Hope I can see it on stage some day

[Lola Prewitt]

Very good, very poetic

[Caroline]

<3333

[Dylan]

overwhelming, grand, and gorgeous, like the sea

[Mark]

I can't wait to see the APT performance on September 20.