It’s the end of a long summer in Hurt Village, a housing project in Memphis, Tennessee. A government Hope Grant means relocation for many of the project’s residents, including Cookie, a thirteen-year-old aspiring rapper, along with her mother, Crank, and great-grandmother, Big Mama. As the family prepares to move, Cookie’s father, Buggy, unexpectedly returns from a tour of duty in Iraq. Ravaged by the war, Buggy struggles to find a position in his disintegrating community, along with a place in his daughter Cookie’s heart.
“Ferocious and expansive…the signal achievement of the play is to stare irony down and make grit seem true again…passionate”
FREE
2017/07/15 - 2017/07/15
Additional time info:
There will be a 15 minute intermission.
The Back Pack
2400 Cesar Chavez, Suite 206, Austin, TX 78702