"Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea" by Nathan Alan Davis | Promo video by Elicia James

Dontrell Jones, III has his whole life ahead of him. He's weeks away from starting his freshman year at Johns Hopkins University. He's got the love and support of his incredible family. And a budding romance with a cute lifeguard from the local swimming pool. It seems the world is his to conquer!
But lately, Dontrell has been haunted by troubling dreams.
He's watching, helplessly, as his ancestors drown, and has come to believe that it is now his duty to venture into the Atlantic Ocean in search of those lost during the Middle Passage. But his family is not at all ready to abandon their beloved son.
Will young Dontrell succumb to the horrors of the past?
Or move boldly into his own bright future?
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, in order to right history’s wrongs.
PRODUCTION
Producer ... Helen R. Murray
Director & Choreographer ... April Axé Charmaine
Production Stage Manager ... Jen Orf*
Technical Director & Scenic Design ... Brandon Philip Case
Costume Design & Dramaturgy ... Holly-K. Hurd
Lighting Design ... David Arterberry
Sound Design ... Sierra "CeCe" Smith
Properties Design & Photography / Videography ... Elicia James
Projections & Animations ... Brandon Philip Case & Elicia James
PERFORMERS
Dontrell ... Mykail Cooley
Erika ... Amalia Adiv
Dad & Lost Ancestor ... Dwayne Carrington*
Mom ... Adrienne Martin-Fullwood*
Shea ... Janae Burris
Danielle ... YasmineEmani
Robby ... Trey McKeever
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*Denotes membership in the Actors' Equity Association
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SPONSORS
The city of Aurora Colorado's Department of Library & Cultural Services
The Scientific and Cultural Facilities District
Visit Aurora
The W. Scott & Kim Lewis Family's Anytime Fitness in Northfield, CO
Fitzsimons Credit Union
Annette Restaurant in the Stanley Marketplace
April Jones and Jones Law Firm, PC
Amplify Strategy
Aurora Fox Board Member, Judy Jasso
...and our friends, Ray & Sue Bodis