THE GRIORAPHET SPEAKS ON SUNDAYS
PUBLIC PRESENTATION
Spring 2027
In The Grioraphet Speaks on Sundays, apocalypse & human connection, bunkers & saviors, and past & present all collide as the Grioraphet asks: what becomes of us in an unmade world?
A century has passed since the United States’ tech-fueled Icarian collapse. Many new things emerged in its wake, from cults and guerrilla groups to quasi-utopias and mutual aid societies. One presence has outlasted them all: the Grioraphet — a lineage of orators with an enduring purpose of looking back in order to move forward. But, on this Sunday, as the Grioraphet speaks to their gathering of followers, naysayers, and the generally curious, the world as they know it has shifted again, and the legacy of care they’ve built their life on may no longer exist.
This show is commissioned and developed through NBT’s I Am SOUL Playwright residency program.
Calley N. Anderson
Playwright
CALLEY N. ANDERSON (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based playwright from Memphis, TN. Her work has been staged at several colleges and 10-minute play festivals around the country, including commissions by the Davidson College Theatre Department and the University of Memphis Department of Theatre and Dance. Anderson is currently a 2025 – 2028 Jerome Hill Artist Fellow and National Black Theatre I AM SOUL Resident Playwright. Her work has been supported by Fault Line Theatre Company, Page 73, Clubbed Thumb, MacDowell, Dramatists Guild Foundation, The Civilians, ATG PlayLab, SPACE on Ryder Farm/RE Endeavors, Liberation Theatre Company, and the Downtown Urban Arts Festival. She has been a finalist for the DGF Catalyst Fellowship, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, and New York Stage & Film Founders’ Award, and a semifinalist for the Page 73 Playwriting Fellowship, O’Neil National Playwrights Conference, and Princess Grace Fellowship. MFA: New School for Drama | BA: Davidson College. calleynanderson.com
Jerrica White
Director
Jerrica D. White is a Brooklyn-based director and writer who examines the spectrum of Blackness, focusing on love, relationships, adventure, family dynamics, mental health, and faith. Her work has been developed with the Classical Theatre of Harlem, Primary Stages, Workshop Theater, Ensemble Theater, and Cincinnati Black Theatre Artist Collective. As an author, she has been in Residence with Liberation Theatre Company and Soho House. As a director, she has worked on productions with New York Theatre Workshop (Saturday Church – dir Whitney White), Baltimore Center Stage (Akeelah and the Bee), Urbanite Theatre (From 145th to 98th Street), The Public Theater (JORDANS – dir Whitney White), WP Theater (The Waterfall – dir Taylor Reynolds), Arena Stage (CrazySexyCool – The TLC Musical – dir Kwame Kwei-Armah). She is a 2025-2026 Directing Fellow at NYU Tisch Department of Design for Stage and Film. ovrzlous.com
