Department of Performing Arts

Black Theatre Ensemble

Caroline, Or Change
a co-production with the Mask & Bauble Dramatic Society, the Music Program, and the Theater and Performance Studies Program

Book and Lyrics by Tony Kushner
Music by Jeanine Tesori
Directed by Kari Fox, COL ‘10
Produced by Katie Pak, SFS '12
Musical Direction by Professor C. Paul Heins
Nov. 12-14 and 18-21, 2009 at 8 p.m.
Nov. 15, 2009 at 2 p.m.
Gonda Theatre

The Quiet Violence of Dreams

By Ashraf Johaardien
From the novel by K. Sello Duiker
Directed by Kyle Pienaar, COL ‘12
Apr. 21-24, 2010 at 8 p.m.
Apr. 25, 2010 at 2 p.m.
Walsh Black Box Theatre

Based on the celebrated novel by K. Sello Duiker, The Quiet Violence of Dreams takes us to Cape Town, South Africa to journey through the lives of modern, urban Africans. Adapted by the promising South African playwright, Ashraf Johaardien, the story centers on Tshepo, a young student uncovering his identity and sexuality against the backdrop of a society in flux. After one of several stints in a mental hospital, Tshepo drops his studies and finds a job at a male massage parlor – where he prostitutes himself under the pseudonym Angelo. Through Tshepo, Ashraf Johaardien explores a raw and violent world – where the dark side of the city meets the dark side of a psyche coming to know itself. Despite its painful past and broken present, the world of the play is constantly underscored by love and redemption, transforming Duiker's social critique of South African race-relations, sexuality and modernity into a universal story about forgiveness, acceptance and the self. Please note that the performance includes mature subject matter, including violent imagery.