IN THE BLACK to Make Edinburgh Fringe Debut with Quaz Degraft
The solo show follows Kofi, a Ghanaian American accountant navigating Wall Street's moral complexities.
Every wolf starts as a cub... some just have to claw their way up.
In The Black is a gripping, darkly comedic solo play about the hidden cost of upward mobility. It follows Kofi, an ambitious young Black accountant navigating the ruthless world of Wall Street. Torn between love, identity and the relentless pursuit of success, Kofi must navigate a system that was never built for him where ambition is currency, power is everything and integrity comes at a cost.
A first-generation Ghanaian American raised on discipline, faith and the promise of stability, Kofi has done everything right. But when he steps into the high-stakes machinery of corporate finance, he discovers that success isn't just about talent.
With the pressures of his father's expectations and a complicated romance, Kofi is forced into a series of choices that blur the line between survival and betrayal. As the pressure mounts, one question becomes impossible to ignore: How far will he go to make it and who will he become in the process?
Blending sharp humour with emotional depth, In The Black is loosely inspired by writer and performer Quaz Degraft's own journey from finance to acting; it explores the seductive pull of power and the quiet compromises that shape who we become. Succession meets The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, where charisma and comedy collide with moral reckoning. With a defining moral crisis at its centre, In The Black is a powerful story of consequence, accountability and the price of belonging.
Quaz Degraft comments, As a first generation immigrant, I have often found myself caught between my own ambition and the expectations placed on me by family. There is a constant pressure to succeed, to justify the sacrifices that were made and to represent something larger than myself. This project was born from that tension. It began as a question I could not ignore: what happens if I stop resisting the pressure and let myself be fully consumed by it? What kind of person would I become, and what would it cost me? Performances will run August 5-31.
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