In Darfur by winter miller

In Darfur is the provocative tale of three lives that intersect in the most challenging of circumstances: a camp for internally displaced persons. The story follows an aid worker’s mission to protect lives, a Darfuri woman’s quest for safety and a journalist’s pursuit to deliver a front page story to call world attention to a humanitarian crisis. In Darfur is a journey of courage and humanity in the face of...
In Darfur is the provocative tale of three lives that intersect in the most challenging of circumstances: a camp for internally displaced persons. The story follows an aid worker’s mission to protect lives, a Darfuri woman’s quest for safety and a journalist’s pursuit to deliver a front page story to call world attention to a humanitarian crisis. In Darfur is a journey of courage and humanity in the face of peril.




“It’s an excellent poignant play.” —Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times Opinions Columnist


“A riveting and haunting play.” —Samantha Power, Pulitzer winning author, A Problem From Hell


“Winter's play is an urgent and passionate response to a crisis unfolding at this moment.”

—Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director of the Public Theater


“A play that forces us to question our moral responsibility to the victims of human rights abuse.”

—Lynn Nottage, Pulitzer winning playwright, Ruined, Sweat

In Darfur inaugurated the Public’s Lab series in April 2007 for a sold out three week run, and filled to capacity a staged reading at the 1800-seat Delacorte Theater on July 9th, 2007, the first event of its kind for a play by a woman.
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In Darfur

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  • Chandler Hubbard:
    25 Aug. 2020
    “ Timely and timeless, immediate and historical. Brutal and necessary, but is able to breathe human life beyond just the necessity of storytelling. ”
  • Doug DeVita:
    12 Aug. 2020
    “ Winter Miller grabs you by the jugular right from the start, and she doesn't let go. Politics and outrage aside (and there are plenty of both here – justifiably so), it's the humanity with which Miller infuses this play that makes it such a gripping, intensely theatrical, and NECESSARY work of art. An infuriating, poignant, heartbreaking, stunning, necessary work of art. ”
  • Cheryl Bear:
    2 Aug. 2020
    “ An incredibly important piece taking us inside a humanitarian crisis for survival from the various perspectives in the trenches. Gripping, heartfelt and well done. ”

Character Information

4w, 3m

2 Sudanese Women
2 Sudanese Men (doubling, police, doctor, soldier)
1 Iranian/Swedish (flexible, Western) Woman
1 Argentine (flexible, Western) Man
1 African-American Woman

  • Full Cast
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      30s, 40s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      Black, African, Caribbean, or African American, Indigenous, First Nation, or Native American, Latinx/o/a or Hispanic, Middle Eastern, North African, or Arab American, White
    • Gender: 
      Female, Male

Development History

  • Workshop
    ,
    Public Theater
    ,
    2007
  • Commission
    ,
    The Guthrie Theater and The Playwrights Center
    ,
    2006
  • Reading
    ,
    The Public
    ,
    2006
  • Workshop
    ,
    The Playwrights Center
    ,
    2006

Production History

  • Professional
    ,
    WAM Theatre
    ,
    2013
  • Professional
    ,
    Timeline Theater
    ,
    2011
  • Professional
    ,
    Theater Awake
    ,
    2011
  • Professional
    ,
    Theater J
    ,
    2010
  • Professional
    ,
    Horizon Theater
    ,
    2010
  • Professional
    ,
    The Public Theatre
    ,
    2007

Awards

Winner
,
The Two-Headed Challenge
,
The Guthrie Theater and The Playwrights Center
,
2006