❤️ Help Us Raise $100,000 to Bring ACCESS GRANTED to Life

Become a Founding Supporter of the World Premiere and help bring this extraordinary new play to life.

Help Launch the World Premiere of a Powerful New American Play

After years of writing, research, workshops, and artistic development, ACCESS GRANTED is ready for its next chapter—its world premiere.

Your support will help transform this deeply moving new play from the rehearsal room to the stage, where audiences can experience a story of resilience, healing, ancestry, and hope.

Every gift brings us one step closer to opening night.

About the Play

ACCESS GRANTED is a new play by Haitian American playwright, actor, and producer Magaly Colimon-Christopher.

When a Haitian American mother fights to save her daughter from the jaws of death during the COVID-19 pandemic, the boundaries between the physical and spiritual worlds begin to dissolve. Guided by her ancestors through vivid fever dreams, she uncovers generations of courage, sacrifice, and intergenerational healing that transform her understanding of herself, her mother, and her family.

Blending intimate family drama with magical realism, ancestral memory, and Haitian spirituality, ACCESS GRANTED explores how love, faith, and our ancestors sustain us through life's greatest challenges.

This play speaks to universal questions:

How do we heal inherited trauma?
What wisdom do our ancestors leave behind?
How do we find hope in moments of unimaginable loss?
What does it truly mean to survive—and to heal?

Our Journey So Far

ACCESS GRANTED has already completed its development journey through years of writing, artistic collaboration, script refinement, and workshop presentations.

Along the way, we have:

Developed and refined multiple drafts of the script
Collaborated with dramaturgs and creative advisors
Presented developmental readings
Gathered audience feedback
Continued refining the play through workshops
Built a committed creative team

Now we're ready to share this story with its first audience.

Why Magaly Wrote ACCESS GRANTED

"I wrote ACCESS GRANTED because I wanted to tell a Haitian story that reflects the humanity and complexity I have always known. Growing up as a first-generation Haitian American, I experienced a Haiti that was rich with love, faith, resilience, humor, and an unshakable sense of community. It was a Haiti carried in the stories my mother, my aunts and uncles, and the elders in our community shared with me—a homeland they deeply loved, even after they were forced to leave it behind.

They didn't leave Haiti because they stopped loving it. They left because political persecution, instability, violence, and economic hardship made staying impossible for many. Like generations of immigrants throughout American history, they made the heartbreaking decision to leave everything they knew in search of safety, opportunity, and hope for their children.

Those stories shaped my understanding of what it means to belong to two worlds. They taught me that behind every immigrant's journey is a deeply human story of sacrifice, courage, faith, and love.

That is the Haiti I wanted to bring to the stage: not a story defined by crisis, but one that honors the strength, dignity, and enduring spirit of the Haitian people.

Through ACCESS GRANTED, I hope audiences experience the beauty of our culture, the depth of our humanity, and the universal journey of a family searching for healing, belonging, and hope."

Why This Story Matters

Unlike many pandemic stories, ACCESS GRANTED is not about lockdown.

It is about transformation.

It is about a mother fighting for her daughter.

It is about family.

It is about ancestral wisdom.

It is about reclaiming our stories.

It is about healing.

The play blends:

Haitian spirituality
Magical realism
Surreal fever dreams
Family drama
Humor
Ancestral memory
Contemporary American theatre

The result is a deeply theatrical experience where memory, history, and the spirit world converge to reveal the enduring power of love and intergenerational healing.

Creating an Immersive Theatrical Experience

ACCESS GRANTED is more than a play.

It is an immersive theatrical experience where projections, scenic design, lighting, and sound become active storytellers.

Together, these artistic elements transform the stage into a world where memory, history, dreams, and the spirit realm converge.

As the boundaries between the physical and spiritual worlds dissolve, audiences journey alongside the characters through vivid fever dreams, ancestral encounters, and moments of profound emotional transformation.

These design elements are not simply visual effects—they are essential to the storytelling, revealing what cannot be expressed through words alone.

Your support will help create a production that is as visually breathtaking as it is emotionally moving.

How Your Gift Makes an Impact

Every contribution helps transform years of writing, collaboration, and artistic development into the world premiere of ACCESS GRANTED.

Together, we are creating an immersive theatrical experience where performance, design, music, and storytelling become one.

🎭 Support the Artists

Great theatre begins with great artists.

Your generosity helps support our Equity actors, director, stage manager, designers, dramaturg, and creative collaborators as they bring ACCESS GRANTED to life with artistry, authenticity, and heart.

Build the World

The world of ACCESS GRANTED exists at the intersection of memory, dreams, and the spirit realm.

Your support helps create the scenic environment, costumes, props, lighting, and sound that immerse audiences in the emotional and spiritual landscape of the play.

Bring the Ancestors to Life

Projection design is at the heart of ACCESS GRANTED.

Rather than serving as decoration, projections become storytellers—revealing ancestral memories, dreams, spiritual encounters, and moments of transformation. Working in harmony with scenic design, lighting, and sound, they create an immersive theatrical experience where audiences journey alongside the characters as the boundaries between the physical and spiritual worlds dissolve.

Your generosity helps make this extraordinary theatrical language possible.

🌍 Inspire Audiences

A powerful story deserves to be experienced.

Your support helps connect ACCESS GRANTED with audiences through marketing, accessibility services, photography, videography, educational programming, and community conversations that extend the impact of the play far beyond the theatre.

Become a Founding Supporter

Every contribution—whether $25 or $25,000—helps transform years of writing, collaboration, and artistic development into a fully realized world premiere.

Every donor to this campaign becomes a Founding Supporter of the World Premiere of ACCESS GRANTED.

By supporting this production, you're doing more than helping stage a new play.

You're helping expand Haitian representation on American stages.

You're helping preserve stories of resilience, faith, family, and ancestral wisdom.

You're helping create an unforgettable theatrical experience that invites audiences to reflect, heal, and connect.

Together, we are creating more than a production.

We are creating an experience.

We are preserving stories.

We are honoring our ancestors.

We are expanding the stories that live on American stages.

Join the Journey

Theatre has the power to transform the way we see ourselves and one another.

I believe ACCESS GRANTED will do exactly that.

I hope you'll join me in bringing this story to life.

Thank you for believing in new voices, bold storytelling, and the transformative power of live theatre.

With gratitude,

Magaly Colimon-Christopher
Playwright • Actor • Producer

**Make your gift today and become a Founding Supporter of the World Premiere of ACCESS GRANTED.**

🎭 WORLD PREMIERE CAMPAIGN: A Powerful New Haitian American Play 🇭🇹

An Immersive Theatrical Experience Where Projections, Scenic Design, Lighting & Sound Become Storytellers