Self-identified real-ass bitch and Angry Black Woman, Peola is unlucky in love and constantly asking herself the age-old question: “When is it my turn to be happy?” After a near-death experience, she decides to make a change in her life and undergoes an experimental surgical procedure to get a BBI (Be Better Implant). Peola finally has a chance at happiness and embracing her divine feminine, as well as finding a man, but the implant and its creator are not without complications and not as perfect as they seem. Sapphire is a surreal afro-futurist satire about the stereotypes we give ourselves and others, the idea of perfection and the ideal woman, and the concept of change.

Written by Ella Lee Davidson

Directed by Jordan Powell

Produced by Paul William Levine

Stage managed by Qu’Raun Scott-McKoy

Set and projections by Leon Caleb Christian & Kai Hartman

Costume design by Jason Goodwin

Sound and original music by Camelia Muniz Torres

Lighting by Iman Louis-Jeune

Starring: Anike Sonuga, Scenarious Thurmond, Jordan Jackson, Doyin Ajijola, & Netty Fremont