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# The Public Theater Explores the Hurricane Katrina Diaspora in shadow/land
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/public-theater-explores-hurricane-katrina-diaspora-shadowland/
- Published: 2023-03-30T19:02:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T15:13:15.000Z
- Description: Written by Erika Dickerson-Despenza and directed by Candis C. Jones, this lyrical meditation on legacy, erotic fugitivity, and self-determination is on view in NYC.
- Author: The Public Theater
- Tags: Announcement, Event Announcement, New York, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-large, #Import 2025-11-24 09:29 (2023, 2024, part 1)

Premiering as an audio play at The Public Theater, 2021 Susan Blackburn Prize winner Erika Dickerson-Despenza’s [*shadow/land*](http://bit.ly/3TQnY1n?ref=hyperallergic.com) returns in Spring 2023 with a stunning live production.

As Hurricane Katrina begins her ruin, tensions between duty and desire surface, a levee is brought to its knees, and Ruth must wrestle with all that she’s ready to let go. *shadow/land* is a lyrical meditation on legacy, erotic fugitivity, and self-determination.

Directed by Lilly Award winner Candis C. Jones, *shadow/land* is the first installment of a 10-play cycle traversing the Katrina diaspora in an examination of the ongoing effects of disaster, evacuation, displacement, and urban renewal rippling in and beyond New Orleans.

The live production of *shadow/land* will be shown April 20–May 21, at [The Public Theater](http://bit.ly/3z9mJk7?ref=hyperallergic.com) in New York City.

**Learn more and access tickets at** [**publictheater.org**](http://bit.ly/3TQnY1n?ref=hyperallergic.com)**.**