Scandal Thursday isn't real. 

Kick your Green Key off with another BUTA alum.

Black Underground Theater Association Presents:

IYOM: A Staged Reading

Today, Thursday, May 16 

6pm, Moore Theater
Free of Charge

 

Zaki, the only child of ambitious Nigerian immigrants, is constantly learning things the hard way. When her mysterious grandmother moves in, things take a turn for the magical. But even her new found power doesn’t help Zaki deal with the reality of trauma, tradition, and loss.

 

Written by Lou-Lou Igbokwe '10

Directed by Bree-Ana Craine

Assistant Director: Joshua Echebiri

 

Cast:

Teni Ayo-Ariyo

Joshua Echebiri

Ngozi Udeh

Irene Cofie

Junaid Yakubu

Emmanuel Blankson

Taylor Stevens

 

Lou-Lou Igbokwe '10 was a Dartmouth Senior Fellow and former director of BUTA. She culminated by premiering Black Girls Anonymous a play based on over one hundred interviews with women at the college. After graduating in 2010, Lou-Lou went on to complete graduate studies at NYU Tisch in Singapore in the writing program and is now working in New York City at the Roundabout Theater.