A world premiere production.
At 14, Biftu and Abdi listen to American pop music and fantasize about meeting Michael Jackson. Then Biftu is forced into an arranged marriage and her dreams and her body are shattered. MOURNING SUN sheds light on brutal traditions impacting girls and women across the world and explores the ways our lives are shaped by trauma and recovery, dislocation and identity, and the power of human connection.
Playwright Antu Yacob grew up in Ethiopia and the United States. After her sister, a medical student, volunteered at the fistula clinic in Addis Ababa, she began researching stories of child marriage, which impacts 15 million girls a year. Yacob says "I realized if I didn't have the mother I had, I could have been one of those girls. I wanted their voices to be heard."
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
THURSDAY & SUNDAY @ 7 PM
FRIDAY & SATURDAY @ 8 PM
