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award-winning drama
RUINED
by Lynn Nottage
directed by Charles Randolph-Wright
April 22–June 5, 2011 in the Fichandler
In war-torn Congo, Mama Nadi keeps the peace
between customers on both sides of the civil war
serving everything from cold beers to warm beds.
shrewd matriarch both protects and profits
women whose bodies have become battlegrounds
ruined” by the brutality of government soldiers
rebel forces alike. Inspired by interviews conducted
Africa, this searing play is an engrossing and
uncommonly human story told with humor and
revealing the immeasurable loss and hopelessness
war, yet finding affirmation in life and hope.
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