Linda (Hazel Edmond), Jack (Michael O'Foghludha), and Geoffrey
(Michael Bergen) arrive in a country on the brink of chaos.

a Manbites Dog Theater production

The Overwhelming
by J.T. Rogers
Directed by Jay O'Berski
March 19-April 4, 2009
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"We have a saying here: In Kigali, life expectancy is twelve hours, renewable."
Rwanda, 1994: an American academic, in country with his family, searches for a missing friend, but finds instead a land on the brink of chaos, where nothing is what it seems, no one can be trusted, and the price of survival is more than he could have imagined. The Overwhelming is a gripping political thriller and a devastating exploration of one of the great human tragedies of our time.

Featuring: Michael Bergen, Chris Burner, Karen Burns, Lakeisha Coffey, Jeffrey S. Detwiler, Hazel Edmond, Thaddaeus Edwards, Tim Garbinsky, Byron Jennings II, Lormarev Jones, Dana Marks, Michael O'Foghludha, Geraud Staton, Wil Weldon, and Amaris Whitaker

Stage Manager: Sean Mongo Murnane; Lighting Designer: Andy Parks

Hunger Relief
During our current production of The Overwhelming, Manbites Dog Theater is partnering with Whole Foods Market in Durham to help provide hunger relief for Rwandan school children by selling shopping bags from The Feed Foundation.
Find out more.

SHOWS:
Thursday-Saturday March 19-21
Thursday-Sunday March 26-29
Wednesday-Saturday April 1-4
Shows at 8:15 p.m. except Sunday March 29 at 3:15 p.m.
-- Post-show discussion: Sunday March 29

TICKETS
$17 Fri/Sat/Sun; $12 weeknights
$20 Friday March 20
Tickets go on sale February 17, 2009
Season Vouchers accepted for all shows.
-- Special Pay-what-you-can Preview:
Thur March 19 at 8:15 (Door sales only; $5 minimum)
-- Opening Night show and reception:
Friday March 20 at 8:15. $20
-- Student Rush Tickets:
All shows: $8 with student i.d., door sales only
Cash or check, no credit cards, sold subject to availability

Purchase tickets online or by phone beginning February 17, 2009

LOCATION: Manbites Dog Theater, 703 Foster Street in Durham.
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Manbites Dog Theater’s 2008-2009 season is made possible in part through gifts to the Durham Arts Council United Arts Fund, and by grants from the NC Arts Council, an agency supported by the state of North Carolina and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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