Set in present-day Toronto, the play follows Lulu Kromanti, a fun-loving headstrong girl of Jamaican descent and the only granddaughter of Grandma Clarice. When her grandma falls ill, Lulu learns from Anansi, a shape-shifting spider, that the only way to save her is for grandma to eat fruit from the Birth Tree. After contemplating, Lulu embarks on a grand adventure with Anansi into the mystical Folk Realm in search of the tree. Along the way, Lulu meets an array of characters and learns the true secrets of the Folk Realm as she navigates the strange yet familiar surroundings. But as the time counts down and the Folk Realm is on the edge of destruction, will she make it back in time?