Bulrusher is a coming of age story about an African-American girl growing up in Northern California’s remote Anderson Valley in 1955. Found in a basket by the river, she is raised by the local schoolteacher and has never seen anyone that looks like her until a young Black woman from Alabama comes to town. Meeting someone like herself opens a political, sexual and identity awakening within her.

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Bulrusher is based on Eisa Davis’ play of the same title, short-listed for the Pulitzer Prize in 2007.

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Bulrusher is commissioned by: Bernice Lindstrom; Todd Yancey, MD and David Denniston; Michèle and Larry Corash; Russ Irwin; Robert Ripps and Steven Spector.

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Bulrusher is supported by The National Endowment for the Arts and The Carol Franc Buck Foundation.