Circle City New Play Fest: The Daughters of the Moon

Written by Reginald Edmund

It starts with the sound of a drum. Or a racing, beating heart. From the first moment, Reginald Edmund’s play ushers the audience into the world of Mawu, or Gleti, or Khonsu, or Yemaya. By any name, she is the goddess of the moon. She narrates a story of love, of suffering, of sacrifice, of slavery. She tells us about two women, united by unimaginable cruelty, desperately trying to forge a better future. Don’t forget, Mawu tells us. And we won’t.

Reginald Edmund is a resident playwright of Chicago Dramatists, and Managing Curating Producer of Black Lives, Black Words International Project. He was previously a 2009-2010, 2010-2011 Many Voices Fellow playwright. Reggie was the inaugural recipient of the Kennedy Center Fellowship at Soul Mountain Retreat as well as the 2009 National Runner-up for the Lorraine Hansberry and Rosa Parks Playwriting Award, and most recently winner of an Edgerton Foundation New Play Award for his play ‘SouthBridge’.

Playwrights are coming to Indy from across the country for YOUR feedback on their work. Be a part of developing new plays at the first annual Circle City New Play Fest!

The Circle City New Play Fest is produced by Bo Frazier and KT Peterson in association with The Geeky Press and Storefront Theatre of Indianapolis.