Joe Turner's Come and Gone

More than twenty years in the making, Resident Artist Ron OJ Parson completes a defining chapter of his artistic legacy. With Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Parson completes August Wilson’s American Century Cycle and joins an elite circle of directors who have staged all ten plays at the same theatre. It is 1911, and Herald Loomis and his daughter, Zonia, have been on the road for years, searching for Zonia’s mother and, unbeknownst to Herald, chasing his forgotten song. Their journey leads them to Seth Holly’s boardinghouse, where they meet Holly, his wife, and fellow boarders who, like them, are in relentless pursuit of love, identity, freedom, and purpose. Wilson’s iconic, evocative prose and vivid characters shine in this portrayal of a nation haunted by slavery, with spirits around every corner and no escape in sight.