DATES
8.5-8.10.2009
New York International Fringe Festival
3.14 – 3.28.2009
Cleveland Public Theatre
Winner of the Kennedy Center’s inaugural Rosa Parks Award for Social Justice in Playwriting.
“An engaging two-person drama”- Time Out NY
“A very poignant drama”- New York Amsterdam News
“Harsh and intriguing”- Talkin Off Broadway
“Visceral… compelling… fascinating to think about and discuss”- Cleveland Free Times
“Signals the arrival of a promising political playwright”- Cleveland Jewish News
The Aperture takes audiences on a wild journey that explores America’s fetishizing of global turbulence, violence and race. Halfway between dream and reality the piece explores the relationship of an American artist trying to save a boy soldier from Uganda. In this world premiere production, two actors play six parts in an energetic and insightful expose.
Listen:
Sean on NPR in Cleveland discussing the play:
http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/an/25288/
Read:
A great article about the play at Child Soldier Relief:
http://childsoldierrelief.org/2009/08/16/new-film-the-aperture-explores-complex-issues-about-child-soldiers/