Bronzeville (play)

Developed and produced by the Robey Theatre Company, the original production and two subsequent revivals were directed by Ben Guillory.

The play is named after the nickname given to the Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, neighborhood from 1942 to 1945 when Japanese Americans were taken from their homes and put into internment camps.

When they find a Japanese American man, "Henry" Tahara, hiding in the attic, the family must confront their own values as they struggle to both protect themselves and do what is right.

In 2007 Toyama approached Robey Theatre Company artistic director Ben Guillory about producing the play and asked for a recommendation for an African American writer who could co-author the work.

Guillory recommended Woolfolk, who at the time was developing the film The Harimaya Bridge about an African American man in Japan.