In fact, Kumasi handles each of his half-dozen characters with equal skill. He fills his performance with authenticity. Their nemesis, aka Midnight, is brought to life by Kumasi, who takes on this threatening character with precision. With distressed family support networks, Darius and Twig depend on each other to survive Harlem’s dangerous streets and their own internal despair.Ī energetic cast of Christopher Wilson, Justin Weaks, Manu Kumasi, and Latia Stokes brings the novel to life.Īn athletic Wilson gives Twig a simplicity of ego that is refreshing, while Weaks’ Darius bristles with enthusiasm as he imagines his falcon righting injustice. On the other hand, his friend Darius prefers pen to feet in fact, when challenged to run a mile he collapses three quarters through in cries of “Uncle!” Yet, Darius’s desire to publish his story drives him again and again back to the keyboard to write and re-write. Twig’s heart pumps with desire: a desire to run faster than any other high schooler in the state.
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