when the Roundabout Theatre Company and director Kenny Leon asked her to take part in a reading of Samm-Art Williams’ beloved 1979 drama. It was April 2021, the pandemic was raging and they had to rehearse and film the reading on Zoom.
“It was cool to discover the piece through the Refocus Project, which has the mission of redefining what makes a “classic” play by spotlighting 20th century plays by BIPOC playwrights that were left behind by history. Not because of their merits, but because of their identities,” says Inge."I certainly benefited from their mission.
Between them, Inge and Ayers play around 40 characters. The trio makes up a cohesive and unified ensemble—a finely tuned orchestral."We are a 3-person band on stage, all we have is each other. So the trust had to develop quickly,” says Inge. “Honestly, we just dove in and gave ourselves over to the process.”