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In Darfur

IN DARFUR


In Darfur is the provocative tale of three lives that intersect in the most challenging of circumstances: a refugee camp. Near the border of Sudan, an Argentine aid worker in over his head is trying to protect lives, a Darfuri woman is trying to get to safety across the Chadian border, and an American journalist is in pursuit of a front page story to call attention to a genocide. In Darfur is a journey of courage and humanity in the face of peril. 

Winter traveled to the Sudan border with her then boss, New York Times Columnist Nicholas Kristof. 


“Winter’s play is an urgent and passionate response to a crisis.”

-Oskar Eustis, The Public Theater


4f, 3m, 90 minutes, In Darfur Excerpt on NPX

PRODUCTION HISTORY

Premiered at The Public Theater (NYC) at the 1800-seat Delacorte in Central Park, a first for a play by a woman, in July 2017; Directed by Joanna Settle

The Delacorte talkback panel included: Mia Farrow, Mark Hanis, Nicholas Kristof, John Prendergast, Samantha Power and Omer Ismail

Awarded the “Two-Headed Challenge” from the Guthrie Theater and the Playwrights Center

Regional Productions: TimeLine (Chicago), WAM (Massachusetts), Theatre J (Washington, D.C.), Horizon (Atlanta), Mosaic (Florida), The Landing (Texas), Awake (Canada)

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Purchase at the Drama Bookshop

Illustration by David Polonsky


“An excellent, poignant play.” -Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times

“A play that forces us to question our moral responsibility to the victims of human rights abuse.” - Lynn Nottage


PRESS

Drama Queen of Darfur, New York Magazine, J. Courtney Sullivan, July 6, 2007

From Bearing Witness to Writing Drama, Los Angeles Times, Zachary Pincus Roth, July 22, 2007

Global Race Plays, Chicago Tribune, Kerry Reid, January 20, 2011

Radio Feature: A Playwright's Take on Darfur, NPR, WBEZ Worldview with Jerome McDonell, November 11, 2008

Public Theater’s In Darfur, Broadway World, Ben Strothmann, July 10, 2007

Radio Feature:Times Writers Dramatize Darfur Revelations, Minneapolis Public Radio, Marianne Combs, July 20, 2006


Banner Image: Photo of Rutina Wesley by Joy Jacobs.