More new work from our Voices From a Changing Nation series, looking back to the election of 2020, and forward to a whole new world!

A World Premiere from one of America's freshest, most challenging voices, Rachel Lynett, author of last year's Yale Prize winning Apologies To Lorraine Hansberry (You Too, August Wilson), "Letters To Kamala" is set right before election night as three major political women in US history come to visit the Vice Presidential candidate to offer words of wisdom – which she will need.  A powerful call to recognize powerful women of color throughout history who have made strides to shatter all kinds of ceilings in the world we live in, the play is a thought-provoking meditation on group allegiance and identity,  the cost of breaking barriers, living with compromise, and doing the thorny work of institutional change. The playwright asks, "what can we ultimately never compromise on?” The answer is this blistering play of tough love.

The hour-long "Letters..." is paired with the brand new "Dandelion Peace," commissioned by VFP.  At an urban community garden, Moira struggles to preserve civility (and keep her status as Community Garden President) as Zuri and Anita go head-to-head over "invasive species" and the right to grow weeds that make the most delectable-tasting wine in the city.  The result is all-out comedic warfare about literal turf battles – with sisterly squabbling – and the danger of a manipulative dictator winning the next board election.

At Universalist National Memorial Church • 1810 16th Street, NW. Washington DC