THE UNMENTIONABLES By Bruce Norris Directed by David Hoover September 25 – October 10 ABOUT: Set in western equitorial Africa on the estate of a wealthy American businessman, The Unmentionables opens with a pugnacious monologue warning the audience to get out now, while they still have a chance to do something really fun, like watch cable television. For those who choose to stay despite the allure of TV, the play follows the intersecting lives of members of the local population with the various Americans who have come to "do good in the world": a young Christian missionary who brings both food and the New Testament to the local children (and whose predecessor met with a grisly fate); a disenchanted Hollywood actress in search of meaning but finding only brutality; and the aging businessman and his wife, a woman simply desperate for conversation. Over the course of one long night their humanitarian notions of themselves are called into question as they come up against the realities of money, politics, and power. As the events escalate from calm to crisis with shocking speed, the worth of one American life is measured against the worth of their so-called American values, as they become the agents of violence against one sixteen-year-old African boy. LOCATION: UNO Performing Arts Center, The Nims Theatre TICKETS: All students – FREE UNO Faculty – FREE Adults - $15 UNO Alumni and Senior Citizens - $10
Thursday, Oct 3, 7:30-10 PM
The Unmentionables
Robert E. Nims Theatre, University of New Orleans
Getting there
2000 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans, LA
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