"Unexpected Family" A Staged Reading: Interracial Family Drama

"Unexpected Family" is a two-act play that explores the collision of generations, identities, interracial family, and grief as an unlikely trio forms a new family unit. The story centers on Beatrice “GiGi Bea” Holloway, a 70ish former B-movie actress living in a faded-glamour Burbank home filled with theatrical relics. Her life is upended when her estranged grandson Michael’s daughters, 19-year-old Eliana and 17-year-old Meekah, both Black, arrive after their parents’ tragic death in a plane crash. Unaware of their racial background due to Michael’s secrecy, Beatrice is initially shocked but resolves to embrace them as her only remaining family.

The Living room of B-movie actress and great-grandmother GiGi Bea

The reading is FREE and will take place on April 1, 2025, at Theatre West, 3333 Cahuenga Blvd W, Los Angeles, CA 90068, at 7:30 PM

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