[HOME] GOING
Public Presentation:
A RADIO PLAY
December 10, 2026 - December 13, 2026
A home remembers what time forgets….
Twelve-year-old Presence is determined to break a curse that began long before she was born. For generations, “the sadness” has plagued her family. When the forced sale of their ancestral home on the Carolina Sea Islands triggers her mother’s latest mental breakdown, Presence searches for answers in the past. Entering a dreamworld where time and space dissolve, she journeys back to Reconstruction-era South Carolina to confront her forefather, Ernest, and untangle the history unraveling her mother. From award-winning playwright Zola Dee, [Home] Going is a spellbinding radio play about the pain we inherit, the love we carry and the search for hope across generations.
This show is commissioned and developed through NBT’s I Am SOUL Playwright residency program.
Zola Dee
Playwright
Zola Dee is a playwright, screenwriter, actor and banjo player whose written works are deeply invested in exploring Black Americana, African diasporic religions, and imagining freer worlds for the Black collective body. Her plays include GUNSHOT MEDLEY, Smile, Goddamnit, and [Home]going. Other accomplishments include: 2025 Kesselring Prize for Playwriting, 2025 – 2028 Jerome Hill Fellow, 2023 I Am Soul National Black Theater Resident Playwright, Playwrights’ Center Jerome Fellow 2022-2023, Playwrights’ Center Many Voices Fellow 2021-2022.
She resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota, while continuing to cultivate her deep-rooted connections to the Carolinas and Los Angeles. Zola holds a BFA in Acting and a minor in Creative Writing from the California Institute of the Arts. She is currently represented by Lizzy Weingold at WME and managed by Stefan Rich.
For more information, go to www.zoladee.com
Josiah Davis
Director
Josiah Davis (he/him) is a multi-disciplinary storyteller. A director, choreographer, designer, performer asking, how do we create space for maximum expression, possibility, and liberation in the face of oppressive systems? He is a graduate from the UCLA School of Theater, Film, Television and Brown MFA Directing. He is a Princess Grace Honoraria, NYTW 2050 fellow, National Black Theatre Soul Directing Resident, Susan Stroman Directing Award Recipient, Clubbed Thumb Directing Fellow, and Associate Artistic Director of On The Verge Theatre Festival in Santa Barbara. Selected credits: Mary Gets Hers (Playwrights Realm/MCC) Omar Offrendum’s Little Syria (BAM), Lessons in Survival (Vineyard Theatre), Amani (National Black Theatre/Rattlestick), Clyde’s (Alabama Shakespeare Festival/Arkansas Rep/St.Louis Rep), Importance of Being Earnest (Portland Center Stage), El Mentiroso (Arts On Site), Mr. Saturday Night (Broadway (Assoc.)). Josiahdavis.net
