They Dream in Gold

＂When Bonnie and Mansour meet in New York in 1968--his piercing gaze in a downtown jazz club threatening to carry her away--their connection is undeniable. ... As Mansour’s soaring Senegalese melodies continue to break new ground, keeping time with the sound of revolution and taking him and Bonnie from Paris to Rio and Switzerland, it seems as though happiness might finally be around the corner for them both. Then Mansour goes missing. His Spanish tour was only meant to last three weeks, but three months later, he and his band have not returned. In his absence, Bonnie reckons with her memories of him, and comes to understand that the hopes of so many women--her mother and grandmother; his mother, aunt, childhood friend--rest on her perseverance. Stirred by the life growing inside her, Bonnie puts a plan in action to find him＂--

Mai Sennaar is an honors graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Her first play, The Broken Windows Theory, opened at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and starred Tony award-winner Tonya Pinkins and was directed by Tony nominee Michele Shay. The Smithsonian Affiliate Museum of the African Diaspora, the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, and the Classical Theatre of Harlem are among other venues that have presented her plays. Her short film Wax Lovers’ Playlist premiered at AFI Silver and was an Official Selection of the HBO-sponsored Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival. She lives between Baltimore and Dakar.