Eclipsed

This award-winning play by Zimbabwean American actress and playwright Danai Gurira celebrates the women who navigate the nightmare and wreckage of war. In 2003, in the waning days of the Second Liberian Civil War, the captive forced “wives” of a Liberian rebel officer form a hardscrabble sisterhood to take control of their own destiny, drawing on their reserves of defiance, wit and compassion. A chilling, humanizing and surprisingly funny portrait of survival, transformation and renewal.

cast/crew

written by Danai Gurira

set design by Michael Ganio

costume design by Laurie Churba

light design by Dan Kotlowitz

sound design by Sinan Zafar

presented by Dartmouth Department of Theatre

featuring Stella Asa, Naomi Agnew, Michaela Benton, Stephanie Everett, Esther Oluokun

photos by Eli Burakian

press

Valley News. “‘Eclipsed’ Brings Story of Women in Liberian War to Dartmouth”. Sarah Earle. November 2018.

Seven Days. “Liberian Women Find Strength Together in 'Eclipsed' ”. Pamela Polston. October 2018.