cullud wattah

By ERIKA DICKERSON-DESPENZA
DIRECTED BY DANIELLE DRAKES

april 3–april 27, 2025

“Laced with humor! Haunting and eye-opening.” -The New York Times

“A searing, intimate portrait of a family and city in crisis.” -Arts ATL

It is 2016 and it has been 936 days and counting since Flint, Michigan, has had clean water. Third-generation General Motors employee Marion finds herself on the cusp of a promotion until her sister begins participating in protests accusing the company of poisoning the water. Forced to confront their past and weigh their limited options for the future, the family finds their tight-knit unit threatened by more than just the toxicity of the water. 

This powerful new play by Princess Grace Award winner Erika Dickerson-Despenza deconstructs the linear passage of time to ponder the choices we make for the sake of our survival. cullud wattah’s “lively and warmhearted characters” honor the people behind the headlines (New York Times). The play won the 2021 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.

cullud wattah is sponsored by Partners Circle Visionaries David O. &
Joan P. Maxwell, Believers Dianne & Herbert Lerner and Cathy MacNeil- Hollinger & Mark Hollinger, Activists David Grossman & Jeremy Graboyes (in kind), and Advocates Jeffrey & Stacie Lee Banks, Robert & Irene Harriet Blum, Debbie Goldman, and Sari Hornstein.

"Lyrical! Laced with humor!"—The New York Times

“A searing, intimate portrait of a family and city in crisis.” —ARTS ATL

Special performances

Thursday April 10, 2024 at 11am — Intergenerational Matinee & talkback with the artists

Thursday April 24, 2024 at 11am — Intergenerational Matinee & talkback with the artists

TICKET PRICES

PREVIEWS: THUR & FRI $42 · SAT & SUN $56

REGULAR PERFORMANCES: THUR & FRI $53 · SAT & SUN $70

TICKET DISCOUNTS

In the spirit of welcome, Mosaic is proud to remove financial barriers to our work via senior, student, military, and need-based discounts, plus a limited number of rush tickets for every show.

RUSH TICKETS
A limited number of rush tickets are available via walk-up cash purchase at the box office beginning one hour before the start of each performance.

SENIOR RATE (65+)
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