The cowboy is dying...by Donnetta Lavinia Grays

A solo show about growing up into a black, southern, and gay artist and then learning about how to move past all the baggage of that into something more....

This was my first collaboration with the multi-talented actor/writer Donnetta Lavinia Grays.

Part a cappella music cabaret, part biography, part poem, and definitely the most fun I’ve ever had with an actor and a chair on stage.

“ a fusion of a great narrative, heartfelt drama, and original music dressed in soulful vocals…Under Isaac Byrne's tight direction…Grays is not afraid to get emotionally naked onstage…gripping...hilarious, but also painfully tender” New Theatre Corps

“Isaac Byrne...contribute[s] imaginative, appropriate staging, one of the performance's greatest overall strengths.” Backstage

"engaging storytelling and singing...dictionary definition of the word vibrant...ably moves us through her story with both humor and heartache...There is one scene involving Grays and a chair that I will recall with a wry grin for the rest of my days" NYTheatre