…BUT YOU COULD’VE HELD MY HAND
JUNE 4 - 15, 2026
IAMA Theatre COMPANY PRESENTS A WORKSHOP PRODUCTION
WRITTEN By JUCOBY JOHNSON
Directed by H. ADAM HARRIS
…but you could’ve held my hand is a time-hopping portrait of four Black friends growing up, growing apart, and growing into themselves. From a stolen slice of wedding cake at age 10 to the complexities of adulthood, …but you could’ve held my hand is a non-linear swirl of past and present, pulsing with 90s R&B, prom night confessions, awkward first kisses, and more. Through love, queerness, and friends-turned-family, the play showcases the beauty and heartbreak of the evolution of relationships across a lifetime.
Workshop Productions live in the space between a Staged Reading and Opening Night of a world premiere production. With workshop productions, the focus is on process instead of product and YOU, as our audience, are a key part of that process.
Our playwrights will continue working on the play, making edits, and writing new pages until closing night, based in part on audience response. Meanwhile, our creative team will explore design ideas, focusing on one area of design especially and how it can aid in bringing the play to life. This new model of production allows the show to significantly change from opening to closing night, so we encourage you to come more than once to see how your feedback has helped it evolve.
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