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We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as South West Africa, From the German Südwestafrika, Between the Years 1884-1915

"We Are Proud... impressively navigates the tricky boundaries that separate art and life, the haunted present and the haunting historical past."

The New York Times

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama
  • 90 minutes

  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, College Theatre / Student, High School/Secondary
A group of actors gather to tell the little-known story of the first genocide of the 20th century. We Are Proud to Present... takes place largely in a rehearsal room that descends from collaborative to absurd as a group of idealistic actors -- three black and three white -- attempt to recreate the extinction of the Herero tribe at the hands of their German colonizers.

Along the way, they test the limits of empathy as their own stories, subjectivities, assumptions and prejudices catalyze their theatrical process. Eventually the full force of a horrific past crashes into the good intentions of the present, and what seemed a faraway place and time comes all too close to home. 
REVIEWS:

"Extraordinary."

 Time Out New York

"Bursting with theatrical opportunity and complex ideas... a shattering evening not to be missed by anyone who treasures theatre."

 Arts in LA

"90 minutes of original, enlightening, pulse-pounding theatre. ...It's absolutely thrilling... visceral, fiercely intelligent and entertaining."

 Backstage

"A genuine THUNDERBOLT... devastatingly funny... dangerous and primal and weird."

 The Washington Post

"Too few women playwrights deal directly with politics in their work... Playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury refutes this and so much else in her grand play."

 The New Yorker

"We Are Proud... impressively navigates the tricky boundaries that separate art and life, the haunted present and the haunting historical past."

 The New York Times

Characters

  • Casting: 4M, 2F
  • Casting Attributes: Minority casting

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We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as South West Africa, From the German Südwestafrika, Between the Years 1884–1915 Script Order Now

A group of actors gather to tell the little-known story of the first genocide of the 20th century. We Are Proud to Present e takes place largely in a rehearsal room that descends from collaborative to absurd as a group of idealistic actorsethree black and three whiteeattempt to recreate the extinction of the Herero tribe at the hands of their German colonizers. Along the way, they test the limits of empathy as their own stories, subjectivities, assumptions and prejudices catalyze their theatrical process. Eventually the full force of a horrific past crashes into the good intentions of the present, and what seemed a faraway place and time comes all too close to home. Unit set. Approximate running time: 90 minutes.

$19.95

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