Set in a small southern town, in the middle of a dead sugarcane field is a patch that is still vibrant and alive. Where the sugarcane is still sweet is where SONDELO is buried, and it is how his best friend RUNNA can always find him. This play follows RUNNA in reality, but also through his mind and thoughts as SONDELO’s murder has left RUNNA unable to speak and stunted in his development. RUNNA is only able to speak to SONDELO and the audience who can hear his thoughts as he explains how he maneuvers through his silent world turning all of his disabilities into super powers. Though RUNNA is a superhero in his own mind, this play questions who can save or heal him from the traumas he’s facing as his Great Aunt NANNY MAE and the Rev, VERN-MAYOR push for him to be saved by the Lord through water baptism. It is only through the light of a stranger, INCWADI, an ambiguous character that stumbles into town and church, that the darkness in all of their worlds is illuminated, and healing can begin.