Primary Stages is transferring its production of In The Continuum, a drama written and performed by Danai Gurira and Nikkole Salter and directed by Robert O'Hara, from 59E59 Theaters to the Perry Street Theatre. The show will begin performances there on November 18 and is scheduled to run through January 14.
In The Continuum dramatizes the devastating problem of AIDS among African and African-American women. Living worlds apart in South Central, Los Angeles and Harare, Zimbabwe, two young women experience a kaleidoscopic weekend of darkly comic life changing revelations. In the piece, the two stars play dozens of roles.
In The Continuum completed its run at 59E59 on October 29. In his Broadway.com Review of the production, Edward Karam wrote: "In the Continuum is… a drama that will keep your eyes riveted to the stage, not the exit sign… In telling the dual stories, the authors pull off a neat dramaturgical trick: The women remain on their respective continents and never meet; they don't even know each other. The play is structured so that Nia and Abigail sometimes inhabit the stage together; sometimes only one of those characters shares space with a counterpart in the other one's life; and sometimes neither Nia nor Abigail is before us, but rather two of their friends or acquaintances who are talking to them. It's a complicated design, but it works with exceptional clarity under director Robert O'Hara, with the help of costumer Sarah Hillard, who uses only red and blue patterned cloths to supplement black tank tops and black slacks."
