Things of Dry Hours

Naomi Wallace was inspired after reading the introduction and first chapter of the book Hammer and Hoe: Black Communists in Alabama During the Great Depression, and the result is her play, Things of Dry Hours. This three person piece is a snapshot of history, a dramatic glimpse of what might have happened to a black father and daughter involved in this movement, and a white stranger who appears at the door of their stark home late one night. Wallace has said that she is interested in American history in terms of resistance.