Primary Stages is extending its acclaimed production of In The Continuum, written and performed by Danai Gurira and Nikkole Salter, by two weeks. The show is now scheduled to run at the Perry Street Theatre through January 28.
In The Continuum, directed by Robert O'Hara, 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, directed by Robert O'Hara, first ran in New York at 59E59, where it closed on October 29. It began performances at the Perry Street Theatre on November 18. 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."
