"When playwright Vincent Terrell Durham attended his stepfather's funeral nearly 15 years ago, he recalls the cascade of beautiful eulogies that were delivered, cementing the legacy of the man who raised him. There was one problem: Durham wasn't sure who this person was that the speakers were fawning over. As Durham further examined what the speakers recalled that he could not, a critical clue came across him in the form of a seminal memory."
"The play won Theatre Bay Area's 2025 Rella Lossy Award, given to an emerging playwright who has secured a world premiere in one of nine Bay Area counties in the coming year. Having the premiere at City Lights is fitting, considering the company originally commissioned the play in 2020. But as happens with play development, the current iteration is much more along the lines of what Durham really wanted to explore."
Vincent Terrell Durham mines personal memories to create Running After Shadows, a one-man show centered on a Black father-son dynamic shaped by absence and unexpected encounters. The narrative follows Morgan, an up-and-coming gourmet who uses social media to grow his career and experiences an Instagram unboxing that triggers a live discovery reconnecting him with painful past wounds tied to an absent father. The play originated from a 2020 commission by City Lights Theater Company and evolved through development into Durham's desired iteration. The production won Theatre Bay Area's 2025 Rella Lossy Award and opens in San Jose for a three-week run starting Jan. 24.
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