There is something very grounding and important about the relationship between a father and a son, especially in the Black, Haitian and Caribbean communities. That is a relationship that is fostered at a young age.
That is a relationship that is fostered at a young age, that teaches the son what it means to grow up as a Black man. It teaches the son responsibility, how to care for themselves and others. It teaches a son their worth in this world on a certain level. It is a bond that enriches their lives and gives them something to hold onto and build from.
Augustin’s deeply felt, brilliantly written work takes the audience on a journey into the memories, histories and the holes that existed in this father and son’s relationship and the son’s desperate journey to try and fill in those holes as he tries to find out who his parents were by taking a road trip they took years before. This play is filled with significant moments in these characters’ lives that lead to them being the men they are today.
I believe that Augustin’s play can serve as a catalyst to get families to address the issue in this play of Black fathers’ blockage in accepting their Black sons that don’t fit into the box of manhood that they were raised in their countries to believe in. It is so damaging to any person to not feel they are worthy of your love and your acceptance. But it is also something that a father can’t be blamed for because it is how they were raised. At least this play could start a conversation.
With the difficult topic of this play, the playwright’s message is made more digestible to the audience by allowing the characters’ pain to be expressed in live folk performances of Mountain music beautifully delivered by The Bengsons—Abigail and Shaun, who share the stage with the actors. The audience gets an appreciation for the beauty of the creole language and its translation as there are times when things are spoken and sung in that language.
This play runs 80 minutes without an intermission. Billy Eugene Jones is absolutely heartwarming, determined, and torn as Jean. Chris Myers gives a stunningly poignant performance that succeeds in showing compassion, understanding, and an epiphany for his character and for all those young Black men out there who need to feel that they are worthy of all the good things in life. Please go and see this play and feel the grandeur of its message. It is playing at 131 W.
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