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Shifters

July—September, 2026

Shifters

Written by Benedict Lombe. Directed by Lynette Linton. Starring Charity Bedu-Addo and Daniel Ezra. For full credits, please click here.

This epic and universal love story is about the enduring power of memory and young love. Meet Dre and Des, they are young, gifted, Black. He stayed. She left. Years later they come crashing back into each other’s lives, carrying new secrets and old scars. Caught in the space between memory and reality, they struggle to navigate the shifting borders that threaten to rewrite their past and reshape their future.

Runtime: 1 Hour and 40 Minutes

Shifters

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Shifters

Aug 21 · Fri · 2:00 PM

Written by Benedict Lombe. Directed by Lynette Linton. Starring Charity Bedu-Addo and Daniel Ezra. For full credits, please click here.

This epic and universal love story is about the enduring power of memory and young love. Meet Dre and Des, they are young, gifted, Black. He stayed. She left. Years later they come crashing back into each other’s lives, carrying new secrets and old scars. Caught in the space between memory and reality, they struggle to navigate the shifting borders that threaten to rewrite their past and reshape their future.

Runtime: 1 Hour and 40 Minutes

Shifters

Founded in 1923, Cherry Lane Theatre is New York’s oldest Off-Broadway Theater and has come to be known as “The Birthplace of Off-Broadway.”

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A black and white photo of the exterior of the Cherry Lane theater. The awning and banner both blow in the breeze, displaying the theater's name. A man in a suit leans against the railing.

Black and white photo from the stage of the seating at the Cherry Lane theater.

An older black-and-white photo of the square nearby. Cars in the foreground frame a giant mural with an arrow pointing to Cherry Lane.

A wide shot of the theater stage being set up. Workers move around while scaffolds are set up on either side.