THE CONVERT
Winner of six ovation awards, the 2011 Stavis Award, the Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Award and the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Writing Award. “It is with great joy I bring this play to be read in the land of its inception.” – Danai Gurira
“What Happens When Culture and Faith Collide?” “It’s 1895 when the convert, a teenage girl named Jekesai, is thrust into strange new circumstances that pit Ancient African Traditions against Western Culture and her newfound Christian faith. When conflict erupts across the land who will she become?”
The Convert was commissioned by Center Theater Group and premiered at McCarter Theater (Director Emily Mann), The Goodman Theater and The Kirk Douglas Theater (CTG). This production of The Convert is presented with the generous support from Center Theater Group, Los Angeles, California, USA. It was also sponsored by Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA). The Convert had its African premiere in Harare at Prince Edward High School’s Beit Hall from Dec. 10th to Dec. 24th 2013.
