Dancers on the Shore

Meanwhile down south, Chig’s grandmother Nanny Eva shares a midrashic tale about Jochebed, Moses’ mama, after overhearing Chig, his uncle, and father seemingly dismiss the importance of women at dinner. Moses Mama is Adapted for Audio and Directed by Yhane Washington Smith from a chapter of William Melvin Kelley's 2024 novel DIS//INTEGRATION. Story Editing by Jesi Kelley, Executive Produced by Aik...

While Chig and Dr. Dunford are away down south, Eleanor travels to Chicago on the 20th Century Limited to visit her sister-in-law Neva and reflect on her troubled marriage. There, she witnesses her friend Aggie fall in love with the visiting Miss Lovelace. Adapted for Audio and Directed by Yhane Washington Smith, Story Editing by Jesi Kelley, Executive Produced by Aiki Kelley and Cira Kelley. Cast...

On a trip down South to the fictional town of New Marsails, a teen-aged Chig Dunford observes his father, Dr. Charles Dunford, as he navigates complex and long-buried emotions surrounding love and colorism within his Southern family. Adapted for Audio and Directed by Yhane Washington Smith, Story Editing by Jesi Kelley, Executive Produced by Aiki Kelley and Cira Kelley. Cast is ANDRIETTA SIMS as G...

Based on William Melvin Kelley’s 1964 short story collection, Dancers on the Shore is an anthology series exploring the lives of Black families in Harlem and The Bronx. The series draws from Kelley’s original sixteen stories about three families; the Careys, the Dunfords and the Bedlows—some interlinked and spanning generations from Reconstruction-era South to 1980s New York—as well as additional...