Malawi Meets Manhattan at In-The-Round Theatre in Long Island City
It’s July 20, 2011, and the African nation Malawi is engulfed in riots that force two U.S. aid workers to hide in the storage room of a non-governmental organization. On the same day about 7,000 miles away, a Malawi native and his gay co-worker begin just another workday at a flower shop in Manhattan’s Chelsea….
It’s July 20, 2011, and the African nation Malawi is engulfed in riots that force two U.S. aid workers to hide in the storage room of a non-governmental organization. On the same day about 7,000 miles away, a Malawi native and his gay co-worker begin just another workday at a flower shop in Manhattan’s Chelsea. These two stories are staged simultaneously in the new J. Stephen Brantley play PIRIRA, which is showing in-the-round in an intimate, 60-seat space at the Chain Theatre. And by the end of the 70-minute drama — which opens tonight and runs through November 10th — the characters and the audience discover their lives are inextricably linked across continents, language and time.
Details: PIRIRA, The Chain Theatre, 21-28 45th Road, Long Island City, October 17th to November 10th, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8 pm; Sundays at 3 pm, $18, check schedule and buy tickets here.
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