A concert reading of And She Became the Rain, a new play with music, will be presented June 30 at 7 PM at Joe's Pub.

Penned by writer Nathan Yungerberg (Live From Mount Olympus) with music and lyrics by keyboardist-songwriter Lawrence El Grecco, a founding member of the Grammy-nominated R&B group Mint Condition, the evening will be directed by NJ Agwuna.

The cast will feature Tina Fabrique (Bring in ‘Da Noise, Bring in ‘Da Funk), Jennifer Fouché (Chicago), Frankie Keane, Zonya Love (The Color Purple), and Libya Pugh. LaChrisha C. Brown will narrate.

And She Became the Rain follows Sid, a Black queer singer, who is reeling from the loss of her life partner and bandmate, Nikki. As she drifts through grief, her long-estranged mother, Brenda, returns with a plea for redemption.

Yungerberg and El Grecco have been collaborators on the project—described in press notes as "a meditation on loss, mental health, and the music that carries us through generations of silence and sorrow"—since 2018. 

And She Became the Rain has been developed at The Bushwick Starr, Northern Stage, and the Playwrights’ Center.

For tickets, priced $30, click here.