About this Book

Inspired by the 1973 killing of a ten-year-old boy by New York City police, THE MOJO AND THE SAYSO is both a comic and dramatic study of the ways that people cope with the aftermath of terrible tragedy. "Aishah Rahman has written an original, engrossing, at times quite beautiful and moving [play]." -Alvin Klein, The New York Times "Like some mythological monster, it's got the head of a tragedy, the torso of a comedy, and the wings of a fantasy ... it's a very amusing beast ... a strange and often hilarious study of the ways that people cope with the aftermath of tragedy ... All of them are looking for a magic charm, a mojo - 'something that will never fail to pull you through the hard times.' THE MOJO AND THE SAYSO represents the triumph of Rahman's fertile comic imagination ..." -Jim Beckerman, News Tribune