"Eclipsed" - Theatre Play of the Story of Courageous Women of War-Torn Liberia

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“ECLIPSED” – THEATRE PLAY OF THE STORY OF COURAGEOUS WOMEN OF WAR-TORN LIBERIA

“Eclipsed” is set in Liberia near the end of that country’s long civil war. Three women, who have been abducted and made “wives” of a rebel commander, live together in a shack. One is the boss, one is pregnant, and one is the new girl. Each woman finds a different way of coping with the horror of her situation.

Set in 2003, Eclipsed unearths the wreckage of Liberia's vicious civil war and celebrates women who navigate the most brutal of circumstances. The "wives" of a rebel commanding officer form a community in a hostile warzone. Their world is transformed by the arrival of two newcomers and the unceremonious return of a former "wife" turned rebel soldier. Each woman finds her own means of survival, but at what cost?

ECLIPSED – INTERVIEW - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oge6B-2ORQI

Published on Jul 30, 2015 - Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave) comes to The Public in the New York premiere of ECLIPSED, the stunning, deeply moving play by award-winning Zimbabwean-American Playwright/Actress, Danai Gurira (co-author of In the Continuum and Michonne on AMC's hit series "The Walking Dead").

Amid the chaos of the Liberian Civil War, the captive wives of a rebel officer band together to form a fragile community – until the balance of their lives is upset by the arrival of a new girl. Drawing on reserves of wit and compassion, ECLIPSED reveals distinct women who must discover their own means of survival in this deeply felt portrait of women finding and testing their own strength in a hostile world of horrors not of their own making.