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    TOGETHA

    AZYA lyons

    sponsored by: CRAIG KINGSLEY

    SYNOPSIS

    Imani, Aiyanna, Chayenne, and Aaliyah have just graduated high school and are celebrating at a party in their honor, until an evening of entertainment takes a tragic turn.

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    "...that typa min’set is gonna get you caught up. Don’ think of it as tha end of high school. Think of it as the beginnin’ of sum new. Of adulthood."

     

    Azya Lyons

    Togetha

    Playwright's Bio

    Azya Lyons is a Mississippi-based creative writer. She enjoys writing fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry and plans to make writing her vocation. Azya is the recipient of 2 Silver Keys in Scholastics, has been published in 2 literary journals, and has won a national poetry contest.

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    Really bold play, great dialogue, funny and then absolutely heartbreaking. Loved this.

    LAUREN GUNDERSON
    Playwright & ENOUGH! panelist

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