Their lives set on a nightmarish detour by civil war, the captive wives of a Liberian rebel officer form a hardscrabble sisterhood. With the arrival of a new girl who can read—and the return of an old one who can kill—their possibilities are quickly transformed. Drawing on reserves of wit and compassion, these defiant survivors ask: When the fog of battle lifts, could a different destiny emerge? ECLIPSED offers a chilling, humanizing and surprisingly funny portrait of transformation and renewal. With wit, compassion, and defiance, this gripping play unearths the wreckage of war and celebrates the women who navigate and survive the most hostile of circumstances.
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2009, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Washington, DC
2010
Dramatist's Play Service, Inc.
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Won a ton of awards, too many to list here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipsed_(play)#Awards_and_nominations
Won a ton of awards, too many to list here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipsed_(play)#Awards_and_nominations
Realistic
This plays begins with sketches of African American clichés—an angry, foul-mouthed comedian; an aspiring young rapper who ends up in prison—and ends with a seemingly naturalistic parlor comedy, which slyly reveals the larger game Lee is playing, leaving us to consider the many ways that we see the world through a racial lens.
Stylized
Suzanne Alexander and her sister-in-law Alice, two African American writers in London, participate in an unusual literary circle's reading of Bram Stoker's Dracula. This is a radio play.
