The idea of justice quickly changes meaning when a grieving mother attends the press conference following her son's tragic death.

BuildingBeautiful is a short play written and directed by Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman and performed by Liberated Muse Arts Group during a staged reading on Saturday, Sept. 1 at 8pm at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC.

The play BuildingBeautiful was featured in the Kennedy Center’s 17th annual Page to Stage festival, a free three-day celebration of local theater featuring more than 60 companies from the D.C. metropolitan area.