Kerry Washington has been working on Broadway in the play American Son, and while the play is closing, she’s not done with her role yet.

Netflix announced that it will be adapting the 2018 play, American Son, for the streaming service. Even better, Kerry Washington, Jeremy Jordan, and Eugene Lee, the original cast from Broadway, will be reprising their roles for the Netflix version.

As Entertainment Weekly reported, production for the Netflix version of American Son will begin in New York in February. Kenny Leon, the Tony Award-winning director will return to direct the Netflix version, and he will produce the film alongside of Jeffrey Richards and Rebecca Gold.

American Son takes place inside of a Miami police station, and discusses issues of race, identity, and police violence. It’s an incredibly timely and poignant play that features Washington and Pasquale as a couple at the police station looking for their mission son and their interactions with police officers played by Jordan and Lee.

For Kerry Washington, this was a story she had to help tell. As she told EW, “I felt like I knew these characters, but I’d never seen them, particularly [her character] Kendra, before. I wanted to help bring her to life because I loved the idea of her being a part of our theatrical canon. I wanted her story to be told.”

Washington also explained that the play (and the upcoming Netflix adaptation) do a great job depicting the struggles that African-American mothers go through as they worry for the safety of their children.

“I think it’s been part of the historic DNA of what it is to be an African-American mother, just to worry for the safety of your child…Part of all mothering is the lack of control over this other human being who, once they’re outside your body, makes their own decisions and has their own dangers. But there’s the added layer of powerlessness as a black mother because of the institutionalized racism and the cultural practices that endanger black children.”

American Son is a poignant and all-too-relevant drama, and it is exciting that Netflix is scooping up the show to make the story more accessible to those who didn’t get to see it on Broadway.