Celebrated Utah playwright Jenifer Nii was diagnosed with hippocampal atrophy in 2021, which means portions of her brain are calcifying and she is losing her ability to write plays, remember the ones she has written and communicate at all. 1/3
— the Black cultural movement in New York City during the 1920s — and has largely been erased from Utah’s history.
Portions of Nii’s brain are calcifying, meaning she is losing her ability to write plays, remember the ones she has written and communicate at all. “Because it affects my memory, this experience is teaching me to try not to get too attached to things,” Nii told Rapier. “I don’t know which memories I’ll be allowed to keep, and what I’ll have to let go of. I just have to try to pay attention to the moments as they happen, and to try to be as involved as I can be in creating positive, meaningful moments.”
Rapier said, “the broader story is that [they are] two writers of color separated by a century — both of whom called Salt Lake City home, had their writing careers cut tragically short by an illness, and run the risk of not ever holding their rightful place in the history of our state.” At times, Bluford said, it felt like a different kind of othering — not necessarily racism, but being treated preciously. For example, elementary school teachers would ask him if it was OK if they taught about civil rights.
Actor David Fetzer in the 2012 production of Jenifer Nii's adaptation of "The Scarlet Letter" for Plan-B Theatre. “From the moment I read the play, I thought, ‘Oh my god, this is a world renowned experienced playwright.”“Knowing that she’s gonna be there and this may be the last thing she kind of sees and understands is really hard,” he said. “The show revolves around this life-death cycle, and it’s kismet how it’s mirroring everything in life as we’re doing it now.”
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