About the production
An American professor arrives in Kigali in early 1994 to write about an old friend’s work with AIDS-stricken children, and is swept into the politics and fear that lead to genocide.
“Senior's production, so spartan in its acting and design but an intellectual and emotional bonanza, is almost completely in sync with the material...For the first 90 minutes, I was admiring Senior's 11-actor ensemble; for the last 20, I was so frightened I couldn’t remember my name.”
— Time Out Chicago, Christopher Piatt
“It's Kimberly Senior's tour-de-force Next Theatre production...Senior achieves a heart-stopping level of dramatic tension...This is a visceral piece of must-see theater...This is surely the most accomplished work of Senior's career and one of the very best shows in the 28-year history of Next.”
— Chicago Tribune, Chris Jones
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Credits
Written by J.T. Rogers
Directed by Kimberly Senior
Featuring Si Osborne (Jack Exley), Christoph Horton Abiel (Gerard), John Byrnes, Rob Fagin (Geoffrey), John Fraiser, Kenn E. Head (Samuel Mizinga), Mildred Marie Langford, Lily Mojeckwu, Tamberla Perry (Linda), Jamie Vann, Dexter Zollicoffer
Set Tom Burch
Lights Charlie Cooper
Sound Tamara Roberts
Costumes Whitney McBride
