WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY ANNE L. THOMPSON-SCRETCHING
Cast: Gina McKinney, Ms. D, Rommell Sermons, Joy Foster, Kevin Leonard, Phil Oetiker and Laquan Hailey.
LIGHT DESIGN & Stage Manager: Christine Davis
SOUND DESIGN & BOARD OP: Liam Riordan
A LONG WAY FROM HOME
A Long Way From Home is the second play of The Blood Trilogy. The play is set in the 1960’s, and follows Shanna Taylor’s family, who has migrated from Macon, Georgia to Brooklyn, New York. They rent an old walk-up in an area called Brownsville.
Escaping from Jim Crow and the Klan in the south, the family realizes segregation and civil unrest is in the North too. Luella, the daughter, is so disenchanted, she gets involved with the “Black Power Movement”. Jacob, her husband is away from home carousing for women in the streets. His son Willie is duty bound to follow in his father’s footsteps. Shanna is focused on keeping the family together while saving for her dream home and maintaining her Southern values. Jacob’s older brother, Chester is a New York big shot. He’s employed as a broker at Falco & Son, who shows Shanna a worthless house that’s been redlined by the bank. Chester steals her money and blames it on her husband. Joe Falco is Chester’s boss, who has him blockbusting the neighborhood.
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October 2025