SENSE OF AN ENDING

FRONT PORCH ARTS COLLECTIVE and MIT THEATER ARTS present

A staged reading of

SENSE OF AN ENDING

By Ken Urban

Directed by Pascale Florestal

Featuring Dominic Carter, Maurice Emmanuel Parent, Joshua Olumade, Jade Guerra, and Lorraine Kanyike

Stage Directions: Alayo Oloko

That night, it begins. The men, they come into the church. They take a few of the old ones. I hear these sounds out in the hills. Horrible horrible sounds. Father said they wouldn’t hurt the children. —Sister Alice

A disgraced New York Times journalist arrives in Rwanda for an exclusive interview with two Hutu nuns. Charged with homicide, the nuns must convince the world of their innocence during the 1994 genocide or face a lifetime in Pr*son. When an unknown survivor contradicts their story, this journalist must choose which version of the truth to tell the world, but he can only do that by walking in the shoes of those who survived.

“Fast-paced, fluid and taut.” —The New York Times“Five stars! A superb play about the Rwandan genocide…so intense that, in between each scene, you can hear the audience gulp for air.” —Time Out (London)

Wednesday September 16th @ 7pm

W97-160, 345 Vassar Street, Cambridge

Free and open to the public

Delia Wendel, Associate Professor, MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP), will be serving as the moderator for the talkback following the reading.

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