SPECIAL THANKS TO HONORARY PRODUCER LAURIE BERNHARD
Sunday, August 4, 3:00 p.m.
THE CEREMONY
by Mfoniso Udofia
Ekong Ufot, the youngest child of Abasiama and Disciple Ufot, has found the woman of his dreams but hasn’t told his father. Urged by his fiancé, Ekong visits his father to ask for a marriage heirloom but leaves empty-handed. Discouraged, he decides to move forward without his father. As the wedding approaches, Disciple prepares to emerge with gifts, hoping that maybe he can be a better father than his own.
ARTISTIC TEAM
Director: Awoye Timpo
Dramaturg: Donnetta Lavinia Grays
Stage Manager: Ben Shipley*
Casting Director: Nicole Arbusto
Intern: Camron Wright
CAST
Ekong Ufot: Tosin Morohunfola*
Lumanti Rathi: Jasmine Sharma*
Abasiama Ufot: Saidah Arrika Ekulona*
Laxmi ‘Amma’ Rathi: Gita Reddy*
Anjana ‘Auntie’ Kapali: Aarti Mann*
Adiaha Ufot: Taiwo Sokan*
Toyoima Ufot: Enosa Ogbeide*
Disciple Ufot: Tony Okungbowa*
Mr. Johnson: Stephen Adly Guirgis*
Stage Directions: Sonia Desai
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Manager in the United States
MFONISO UDOFIA, Playwright
Mfoniso Udofia is a first-generation Nigerian-American storyteller and educator. Her plays Sojourners and The Grove will be produced by the Huntington Theatre, and Sojourners, Runboyrun, Her Portmanteau and In Old Age have been seen at New York Theatre Workshop, American Conservatory Theater, Playwrights Realm, Magic Theater, National Black Theatre, Strand Theater, and Boston Court. Mfoniso served as staff writer on 13 REASONS WHY, executive story-editor on Pachinko, co-producer/consulting producer on Little America, supervising producer on A League Of Their Own, co-executive producer on Lessons In Chemistry, and co-executive producer on Let The Right One In. Education: BA Wellesley College, MFA American Conservatory Theater. Recipient of the 2017 Helen Merrill Award, 2017-18 McKnight National Residency/Commission, 2021 Horton Foote Award, and member of New Dramatists. www.mfonisoudofia.com.