The premise of the play is set in an alternate present where the United States government has put forward a program to buy every Black person in America, who wishes, a one-way ticket to Africa.

[4] On November 4, 2008, Pastor Freeman performs a funeral service for "Righttocomplain", claiming that with the election of Barack Obama, the African-American community will no longer face hardships.

However, the congregation's joyous celebration is undercut by the years that follow as they witness events such as the Flint water crisis and the deaths of unarmed Black Americans at the hands of police.

Broadway performances began previews November 9, 2022 ahead of a December 1 opening,[5] at the Belasco Theatre starring Cooper, Marchánt Davis, Fedna Jacquet, Crystal Lucas-Perry, Ebony Marshall-Oliver and Shannon Matesky.

[6] The production was directed by Stevie Walker-Webb and featured sets by Scott Pask, lighting by Adam Honoré, costumes by Emilio Sosa, sound by Jonathan Deans and Taylor J. Williams, and hair/makeup/wigs by Mia M. Neal and Kirk Cambridge Del-Pesche.