30 Years of "Kumbayah": The Juneteenth Play That Still Feels Urgent Contributing writer Ella Stern reports on the 30th anniversary of Rose McGee's "Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story" at St. Paul's The O'Shaughnessy. The play follows Lewis and Florence, two enslaved people near Galveston awaiting word of their freedom, and cast members drew direct parallels between the violence depicted onstage and Operation Metro Surge, George Floyd, Trayvon Martin and Daunte Wright.