An Interview with the Writer (Costume Design by Oana Botez)
“Being raised in Mississippi,” the Gulfport-raised Killebrew said before a recent rehearsal, “racism wasn’t a current event. It was in the air you breathe. It was in the dirt and in the ghosts that haunt that place."
“I remember when I first showed the play to people in New York they were like, ‘I just don’t buy it!’”
“You really see how racism and white supremacy essentially infects and haunts this family,” she said. “It poisons them.” Read the Full Interview
