American Blues Theater has selected Nia Akilah Robinson’s Overnight at the Museum for the 2026 Blue Ink Award. The award comes with a $3,000 prize. The play will receive a reading on August 15 at 10:30am.
“One and done before the full-time security come through with them fancy museum suits, and them ear-piece-sez and- and them lil’ first aid certified pins.”
Two Black men who work as night guards for museum security are stealing Ghanian artifacts from a gentrified American neighborhood. Can they get them where they need to be before the grand opening of a “Neo-African Museum”? Overnight at the Museum is a hilarious heist story that masterfully toys with our definitions of history, legacy, and art.
