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May 3, 2024 8:00PM
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May 10, 2024 2:00PM
Cactus Queen
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May 10, 2024 2:00PM
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By Doug Robinson
It’s been 40 days since Queeny buried her son, Ordell, who was shot and killed by a police officer. 40 days of protest. 40 days of grief. 40 days of constant, unrelenting rain. And after 40 days of neighbors promising, “if there’s anything you need…,” Queeny now realizes what that is. A play of mothers and sons, sisters and boyfriends, lemons and plums, Cactus Queen is about burials—the kind that happen year after year after year. Isn’t it time, finally, for something to grow?
Cactus Queen contains themes of police brutality and anti-Black violence, loss of a child, haze, fog, and onstage cigarettes.