Writer-performer Sybyl Walker creates unforgettable portraits of women in love in Beneath Rippling Water. The work is culturally specific: These are definitely African American women, but their love stories have resonance for women whether Black, white, yellow, red or brown.

T-Baby falls hard for the wrong guy. Miss Pearl finds a great guy, but will she allow herself to have him? Lavender surmounts daunting challenges to connect with the one special young man destined just for her. Gregg Daniel directs.