Goddess

The critically acclaimed team behind the 2021 Free Shakespeare in the Park production of _Merry Wives_ returns to The Public with the New York premiere of a new musical conceived and directed by Associate Artistic Director/Resident Director **Saheem Ali**, featuring music and lyrics by **Michael Thurber**, book by Tony Award nominee **Jocelyn Bioh**, and choreography by **Darrell Grand Moultrie**. A mysterious singer arrives at Moto Moto, a steamy Afro-jazz club in Mombasa, Kenya. She casts an entrancing spell on everyone, including a young man who has returned home from studying in America. Will the big plans for his life—stepping into a political legacy and marrying his fiancée—be upended? Inspired by the myth of Marimba, the Goddess who created beautiful songs from her heartbreak, this is a rousing tale of romance, the supernatural, and the quest towards one’s truest self.