Article: Little 'Junebug' hovers in turbulence; Boy with grown-up woes floats to solace.(FAMILY TIMES)(THEATER)

Byline: Jayne Blanchard, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Ten-year-old Junebug (Stephen Thomas) carries the weight of the world on his thin shoulders. School is almost over for the year, and the summer stretches before him like a wide, green lawn. But Junebug stuffs anything troubling him deep inside now that he's the man of the house for his Mama (Taifa Harris) and younger sister, Tasha (Fatima Quander), because his father's in prison, possibly forever.

Junebug's journey to find mentors in his new neighborhood and to lay down some of his burden is the subject of the gentle, disarming play "Junebug and the Reverend," a world premiere at Imagination Stage directed ...

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