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)
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.