Buffalo Women

Written by Beaufield Berry

Juneteenth. New lives. New freedoms. Buffalo Women is a tale of hidden figures living extraordinary lives on the frontier in 1865.

A newly freed slave, Bethula, is in search of her daughter who was sold by the master who ran the plantation where Bethula was captive. She meets four other women along the way who are based on real, badass women in history.

Though the plot sounds like a heavy drama, the brilliance of this show is that it is a romp. Beaufield Berry has written dialogue that weaves the vernacular of the 1800s with contemporary speech. It’s raw and true and smartly speaks with comedic honesty about motherhood, revenge, and how resilient Black women were and have always been.

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