That’s not me - I’m a white woman in my early twenties, and there are surely elements of this performance which didn’t resonate with me on a personal level as deeply as they might have for other audience members. I’m not the first person to be impressed by it - the piece won two Dora awards in 2019, both for solo performance and for writing.īefore digging into the performance, I’ll state plainly: Simamba’s “main audience” for this piece, as articulated in the above-linked Star preview, is Black teens. Simamba’s gut-punch of a monologue defies genre. Simamba and presented as a co-production between Tarragon and Black Theatre Workshop, is a “prayer for Black life,” a requiem for lost generations of Black men, a ceremony, a dirge. Our Fathers, Sons, Lovers and Little Brothers, written by and starring Makambe K. When it doesn’t, it recovers quickly and with grace.
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