Jo Bonney (Small Engine Repair, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark) directs this moving and haunting drama comprised of three plays presented in a single performance by Pulitzer Prize winner and The Public's Master Writer Chair Suzan-Lori Parks (Topdog/Underdog, The Book of Grace).

Part 1: “A Measure of the Man”
Hero, a slave who is accustomed to his master’s lies, must now decide whether to join him on the Confederate battlefield in exchange for a promise of freedom.

Part 2: "A Battle in the Wilderness"
Hero and the Colonel lead a captured Union soldier toward the Confederate lines as the cannons approach.

Part 3: “The Union of My Confederate Parts"
The loved ones Hero left behind question whether to escape or wait for his return - only to discover that for Hero, freedom may have come at a great spiritual cost.