New play follows a family’s reckoning with secrets in the Black Victorian era

New play follows a family’s reckoning with secrets in the Black Victorian era
Annelle (Ayanna Bria Bakari, left) tries to tempt her sister Janet (Jaye Ladymore) into enjoying a night on the town in TimeLine Theatre’s world premiere of Tyla Abercrumbie’s Relentless, directed by Ron OJ Parson, now playing through February 26, 2022 at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago. Photo by Brett Beiner Photography.
New play follows a family’s reckoning with secrets in the Black Victorian era
Annelle (Ayanna Bria Bakari, left) tries to tempt her sister Janet (Jaye Ladymore) into enjoying a night on the town in TimeLine Theatre’s world premiere of Tyla Abercrumbie’s Relentless, directed by Ron OJ Parson, now playing through February 26, 2022 at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago. Photo by Brett Beiner Photography.

New play follows a family’s reckoning with secrets in the Black Victorian era

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For a middle-class Black family in 1919, a mother’s death brings a reckoning with their past. This serves as the premise for Relentless, which came out of the TimeLine Theatre’s Playwrights Collective.

Reset checks in with the playwright and the director to hear about their process, and how this play can help us reflect on our current moment.

GUESTS: Tyla Abercrumbie, playwright of Relentless

Ron OJ Parson, director of Relentless