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Mfoniso Udofia’s Sojourners | Pop-up with The Huntington Theatre

November 19 @ 7:00 pm

promotional poster for Sojourners production featuring the actress who plays Abasiama

Prior Presents 2024–25 with The Huntington Theatre

Mfoniso Udofia’s Sojourners

With Sojourners, the first chapter in her sweeping Ufot Cycle, nationally acclaimed playwright Mfoniso Udofia explores the collision of marriage, migration, and the pursuit of education. Set in 1978, this lively, funny play centers on a young and brilliant Nigerian couple arrives in Houston, looking to earn their degrees and bring insights back to their home country. But when Abasiama discovers that her husband has been seduced by Motown records and American culture, she has to choose between the Nigerian Dream and her obligations as a matriarch. 

Udofia draws inspiration for the nine-play Ufot Cycle from her time growing up in Southbridge, MA and from meeting playwright August Wilson at Boston’s Huntington Theatre. The Prior is thrilled to partner with the Huntington on this pop-up event, which brings the company’s full production of Sojourners to Holy Cross. 

Udofia’s plays have previously been produced at New York Theatre Workshop, American Conservatory Theater, the Playwrights Realm, the Boston Court, and more. She also writes and produces for film and television, including on “Lessons in Chemistry,” “Let the Right One In,” and “A League of Their Own.”

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‘Sojourners’ rises to the challenge — and beyond — of launching a nine-play cycle

Click below to read the full review of The Huntington’s debut of Sojourners in The Boston Globe.

Details

November 19, 2024
7:00 PM

Price

Free Entry
Courtesy of initiative from Boston’s Mayor Michelle Wu

Venue

Boroughs Theatre
The Prior Performing Arts Center

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Over the next two years, a consortium of theatre companies and activation partners across Greater Boston will produce Mfoniso Udofia’s 9-play cycle which follows three generations of a Nigerian American family. Boston’s Ufot Family Cycle represents two years of convening, planning, and investment by The Huntington to incubate and create this one-of-a-kind event.

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Date:
November 19
Time:
7:00 pm
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Venue

PRIOR PRESENTS – Boroughs Theatre –
1 College St
Worcester, MA 01610 United States
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