Presented in collaboration with Face Off Theatre Company
Eighteen-year-old Dontrell Jones the Third decides that it is his duty and destiny to venture into the Atlantic Ocean in search of an ancestor lost during the Middle Passage. But his family is not at all ready to abandon its prized son to the waters of a mysterious and haunting past. Blending poetry, humor, wordplay, and ritual, Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea is a present-day hero’s quest exploring the lengths and depths we must go to redeem history’s wrongs.
"Nathan Alan Davis’s script is sunny and lovable, despite its inexorable pull from present-day Baltimore toward the slave trade’s notorious Middle Passage." - The Washington Post,
"A mesmerizing blend of magical realism and poetic social comment [...]" - The Los Angeles Times
General Admission tickets are $20, Senior tickets are $18, Student tickets are $10, and WMU Student tickets are $6. Student and WMU Student tickets require the patron to bring their student ID when they check in at the performance.
The box office will be closed for regular hours during the summer, but we will be checking messages, email, and will be available by appointment. Passes can be easily purchased online, or can be purchased by calling the box office and leaving a message. Someone will return your message as soon as they are able.
Contact: (269) 387-6222
Phone: 2693876222
Email: theatre-info@wmich.edu
2023/01/27 - 2023/02/05
Western Michigan University - Gilmore Theatre Complex
1921 W. Michigan Ave., Kalamazoo, MI 49008