Her Portmanteau

Strand Theater
1127 Market St. San Francisco

A Nigerian woman traveling from Lagos to visit her mother and American-born sister for the first time in two decades arrives to a snowy landscape and even chillier truths inside a small Manhattan apartment as African traditions clash with American realities in Her Portmanteau. This is just one chapter in playwright Mfoniso Udofia's sweeping nine-part saga that offers a tender and hopeful window into an evolving family. The New York Times calls it "powerful" and "moving," while the Los Angeles Times says it's "masterfully written ... defies preconceptions and expectations." Catch this humorous and heartfelt story at A.C.T.'s Strand Theater in San Francisco.