DAVID & JONATHAN: A MODERN DAY RETELLING OF THE BIBLICAL STORY
Based on the biblical story, David & Jonathan is about homophobia, particularly in the Black church, and its impact on the Black community. It is told from the perspective of David, a Kirk Franklin-type gospel singer, and Jonathan who runs the family’s iconic record label and is the music director and son of the pastor of the Holy Kingdom Bapt Church. The play is reset in a modern context and translated into the hierarchy of a local megachurch, the fictional Holy Kingdom Baptist Church, pastored by Rev. Saul Benjamin and his son Jonathan.
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The House bar will be open to serve alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.Kathya Alexander
Kathya Alexander is an author, playwright, storyteller, and teaching artist. Growing up in the segregated South in the 1960s, the Civil Rights Movement greatly impacted her life and continues to influence her writing. In addition to several other awards, she was a Writer-in-Residence, was showcased at the Inaugural Playwrights Festival, and was a guest playwright at the prestigious Hedgebrook Writer’s Community. She won the Fringe First Award for her play, Black to My Roots: African American Tales from the Head and the Heart, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland. Returning to the Festival with the 25th anniversary revision of Black to My Roots, she won the Binge Fringe Black Performers Award for Excellence in Writing. Angel In The Outhouse is her collection of short stories, and her debut novel Keep A’Livin' was released in 2024 by Aunt Lute Books. The audiobook of Keep A'Livin' will be released in 2026 thanks to awards from the Jack Straw Writers Support Program and 4Culture.
