“You don’t climb a pepper tree, you go around it”
When you can’t talk to your family about work, dating, or a floating glob of white supremacist bile hell-bent on consuming you, you call a great-great-aunt. This isn’t how Igbo ancestral altars work at all, but maybe she’ll hit you back before you're digested.
Completed as part of my thesis for Sarah Lawrence College's Theatre MFA Program (2023)
"You don't climb a pepper tree, you go around it" PrideFest at The Tank Photo: Kenneth Keng
"You don't climb a pepper tree, you go around it" PrideFest at The Tank Photo: Kenneth Keng
"You don't climb a pepper tree, you go around it" PrideFest at The Tank Photo: Kenneth Keng
"You don't climb a pepper tree, you go around it" written and dir. by Chisom Awachie | SLC Theatre Photo: Mia Isabella Photography
"You don't climb a pepper tree, you go around it" written and dir. by Chisom Awachie | SLC Theatre Photo: Mia Isabella Photography
"You don't climb a pepper tree, you go around it" written and dir. by Chisom Awachie | SLC Theatre Photo: Mia Isabella Photography
"You don't climb a pepper tree, you go around it" written and dir. by Chisom Awachie | SLC Theatre Photo: Mia Isabella Photography
"You don't climb a pepper tree, you go around it" written and dir. by Chisom Awachie | SLC Theatre Photo: Mia Isabella Photography
"You don't climb a pepper tree, you go around it" written and dir. by Chisom Awachie | SLC Theatre Photo: Mia Isabella Photography
"You don't climb a pepper tree, you go around it" written and dir. by Chisom Awachie | SLC Theatre Photo: Mia Isabella Photography
"You don't climb a pepper tree, you go around it" written and dir. by Chisom Awachie | SLC Theatre Photo: Mia Isabella Photography
"You don't climb a pepper tree, you go around it" written and dir. by Chisom Awachie | SLC Theatre Photo: Mia Isabella Photography