RUINED
by Lynn Nottage
directed by Barry Feinstein
May 4 - June 3, 2012
Winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize. "RUINED takes us inside an unthinkable reality and into the heads of victims and perpetrators to create a full-immersion drama of shocking complexity and moral ambiguity. What's more surprising is the exquisite balance the playwright brings—of brutality and poetry, hope and even humor."
- Variety
Reviews are in for Ruined
5 stars for Ruined from DC Metro Theater Arts
"It’s a harrowing tale executed beyond perfection – with the mournful emotional cries of talented performers expressing the anguish and sorrow such incidents inevitably cause."
Amanda Gunther, DC Metro Theater Arts
"With the allure of a drum beat, Ruined draws in the audience, just as Nottage intended, hoping to make the Congo crisis something more than dry newspaper reports. As Nottage noted in an interview, “After seeing Ruined, people would say, ‘I’ve read these articles before and I know what’s happening, but now I feel moved to act.’ They feel as though they’ve spent two hours with a living, breathing human being with a story that can no longer be ignored.”