The first Theatre TRaC outing is on Friday October 12th at 730pm, immediately after our first class at the Public. We will be attending the Roundabout's production of The Overwhelming by JT Rogers, directed by Max Stafford-Clark. The writer and one of the actors will be joining us for a brief discussion after the performance.
The play takes place in 1994, at the outset of the Rwandan genocide. For background information on the conflict that killed an estimated 800,000 people in 100 days, read this summary article from the BBC.
Today, the genocide in Darfur, as well as the documented deaths of at least 75,000 Iraqi civilians, beg us to revisit the conditions that give way to mass murder. For more information on genocide intervention, click here.
As you think about the play, you may wish to consider the difficulty of representing the causes of genocide on stage and the ways the production approaches that challenge. Also, you may wish to think about point of view and from which perspectives the play delivers its information.
Write a 500 word response to / review of the play, due October 19th. Please email your response to eisadavis@hotmail.com by the morning of the 19th, and bring a hard copy in to class.
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