Eclipsed (play)

Eclipsed
Written byDanai Gurira
CharactersHelena (Wife #1)
Maima (Wife #2)
Bessie (Wife #3)
The Girl (Wife #4)
Rita
Date premieredSeptember 2009 (2009-09)
Original languageEnglish
SubjectSisterhood, Rape, Kidnapping, Survival, Peace
GenreDrama
SettingIn a small, one room shack on the Liberian compound
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Eclipsed is a play written by Danai Gurira. It takes place in 2003 and tells the story of five Liberian women and their tale of survival near the end of the Second Liberian Civil War. It became the first play with an all-black and female creative cast and team to premiere on Broadway.

Eclipsed premiered at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company[1] in Washington, DC in 2009, then opened in London at the Gate Theatre in April 2015 in a production starring Letitia Wright.[2] An American Off-Broadway production followed shortly afterwards at The Public Theater in October 2015 with positive reviews and ran until November 2015. The following year, it transferred to Broadway, premiering at the John Golden Theatre with an opening on March 6, 2016. Its Broadway run closed on June 19, 2016.[3]

  1. ^ "Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company - Past Performances".
  2. ^ "Eclipsed (Gate Theatre) | WhatsOnStage". 28 April 2015.
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