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The Overwhelming
a new play by J T Rogers
You are seeking answers in a country you do not know, without a language to understand it. And yet you wish me to send my soldiers. You would like us to run through the city, flashing guns, asking, 'What has happened?'Seizing the opportunity to research a book, Jack Exley uproots his family from illinois to Rwanda in early 1994. Alarmingly out of depth, Jack begins a fervent search for his dear and missing friend while his wife and teenage son find trouble of their own. As Jack involves himself in the local politics, he discovers a pattern of brutality and beliefs that jeopardizes the lives of everyone around him.
A gripping story of a country on the brink of genocide.
Cast credits:
JACK EXLEY : Matthew Marsh
GEOFFREY EXLEY : Andrew Garfield
LINDA WHITE-KEELER : Tanya Moodie
CHARLES WOLSEY / BRITISH DOCTOR : William Armstrong
JEAN-CLAUDE / CLARK : Nick Fletcher
JOSEPH GASANA / HOSPITAL ORDERLY / WAITER : Jude Akuwudike
ELISE KAYITESI / WAITRESS / RWANDAN DOCTOR : Chipo Chung
SAMUEL MIZINGA : Danny Sapani
GERARD / WAITER : Babou Ceesay
WOMAN IN CLUB / MARKET WOMAN / WAITRESS : Adura Onashile
UN LIEUTENANT / MAN IN NIGHTCLUB / MAN at EMBASSY PARTY / MARKET MAN / POLICEMAN : Lucian Msamati
: All other parts played by members of the company
photo Getty images
The Overwhelming finished on: 30 August 2006
