Things of Dry Hours

Tice Hogan is a Black, Bible-reading member of the Communist Party out of work in the Depression; Cali is his widowed daughter with a penchant for other people's mismatched shoes. When Corbin Teel, a white stranger on the run from the law, knocks on their door, an edgy standoff follows among three people guarding dangerous secrets. Naomi Wallace's eloquent, surprising play mixes an intoxicating blend of poetry, history, ideology, and romance.