The Half-God of Rainfall
Written by Inua Ellams
Movement Direction by Orlando Pabotoy
Directed by Taibi Nagar
New York Theatre Workshop
July 15, 2023
Production website
💉💉 out of 5.

The Half God of Rain was a mighty interesting show to see. It is not often you get to see a story about the Greek gods’ intervention in the life of a Nigerian basketball player . . . I was lucky to see it on only its second preview performance, so the cast was discovering things right along with the audience. I did have a couple of observations of the show.  To begin the play was set in a stage filled with small black gravel. I thought this was a terrific idea as soon as the cast came out at the beginning and started to walk out in unison you could hear the crunch of the gravel beneath them.  It was wonderful sound effect.  I only wish that they had used this gravel more often during the show it was such a spectacular possibility for the show I just wanted them to exploit it further.