The Ripple, The Wave That Carried Me Home

Christina Anderson’
The Ripple, The Wave That Carried Me Home

Copaken Stage
Kansas City, MO

March 2023

Directed by Khanisha Foster
Scenic Design by Josafath Reynoso
Costume Design by Wendell C. Carmichael
Lighting Design by Rachael Cady
Sound Design by Connor Wang
Stage Manager: Cortney Mandoske

Produced by Kansas City Repertory Theatre

Photo Credit: Don Ippock

A moving exploration of a family’s response to injustice and a daughter’s reckoning with her political inheritance.

Janice’s parents are prominent activists fighting for the integration of public swimming pools in 1960s Kansas. As injustice penetrates the warm bubble of her childhood, Janice grows apart from her family and starts a new life far away. When she receives a call asking her to speak at a ceremony honoring her father, she must decide whether she’s ready to reckon with her political inheritance and a past she has tried to forget. A deeply moving story about justice, legacy, memory and the ultimate challenge of forgiveness