Lena Waithe is taking her writing talents to the stage, literally and figuratively. The Chi creator has teamed up with Baltimore Center Stage’s Artistic Director Stevie Walker-Webb to bring her first stage play to the masses in Charm City, in which Waithe both wrote and is starring, making her stage debut. trinity, directed by Walker-Webb, is described as a bold, intimate, and genre-defying exploration of love, humanity, and the power of imagination.
The show will run in Baltimore from Feb. 12 to March 8 and may have an extended run. Waithe intends on making it a trilogy, so more playwriting is to come. Longtime friends, when Waithe decided to write a stage play, she knew she couldn’t do it without the collaboration and support of Walker-Webb. For Walker-Webb, Waithe is a muse. Both are admirers of one another’s work. And despite this being an intimidating process for Waithe, it’s been exciting.
In a recent interview with Blavity’s Shadow and Act, Waithe and Walker-Webb spoke with us about the play’s inception and what’s next. Waithe described the difference between the stage and scripted world, noting there’s no ceiling in the theater world, and more creative freedom…