Sheepdog
by Kevin Artigue

Highlights

Female

Male

Unit Set/Multiple Settings

Synopsis

THE STORY: Amina and Ryan are both officers on the Cleveland police force.

Amina is black, Ryan is white, and they are falling deeply and passionately in love.

When an officer-involved shooting roils the department, small cracks in their relationship widen into a chasm of confusion and self-doubt.

A mystery and a love story with high stakes and no easy answers, SHEEPDOG fearlessly examines police violence, interracial love, and class in the 21st century.

Press Reviews

"…riveting and thought-provoking…a mesmerizing, sometimes edge-of-your-seat drama that morphs seamlessly from a romance origin story, to a morality play, then, finally, an intriguing detective mystery…” —BroadwayWorld. “SHEEPDOG delves into fraught issues of race…Artigue looks through a humanized lens at the impact of a police shooting from a largely unexplored angle, the personal impacts on the shooter’s life…while concentrating on the personal, Artigue doesn’t lose sight of the larger issues behind his events.” —OCRegister (CA). “…a thought-provoking two-character drama…SHEEPDOG is both impressive and important as it thrusts the viewer into matters of his or her own conscience.” —Los Angeles Times. “A bang-up, must-see and intensely emotional play…85 heart-stopping minutes…all of the parties involved in police reform, from the mayor on down, should sit down and watch together."
— Chicago Tribune