I Am…a Shepherdess, directed by Bianca LaVerne Jones, world premiere by NC Black Rep at the International Black Theatre Festival in 2024. Photos by Shaw Photography Group, NC Black Rep and Kathy Perkins.

Cast: Melissa Joyner, Althea Alexis, Devin Kessler and Antu Yacob

At a wedding rehearsal, four women navigate the trials and tribulations of being Black women in America while finding humor and solace within the bonds of their sisterhood. When an outside incident threatens to tear them apart, they must confront what haunts them in order to heal each other.