Nikkole Salter and Danai Gurira's humane drama In the Continuum will open at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street) today, October 2nd. A Primary Stages production, the world premiere play began performances on September 11th and will play its limited engagement through October 30th.
"In The Continuum dramatizes the devastating problem of
HIV/AIDS among African and African-American women that has reached an
all time high both in the US and Africa," state press notes. Directed by Robert O'Hara (Insurrection: Holding History, American Ma(u)l), the play features Salter and Gurira playing various characters in its two strands--one involving a married Zimbabwean woman and the other about a South Central L.A. teenage girl. While Salter was born and raised in L.A., the American-born Gurira grew up in Zimbabwe, a moderately-sized country near the south of Africa.The Primary Stages season will also comprise Charles Grodin's The Right Kind of People, directed by Chris Smith (running from January 24th through March 5th, 2006) and Marta Góes' solo play A Safe Harbor for Elizabeth Bishop, starring Bishop as the legendary poet, from March 21st through April 30th. Terrence McNally's Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams was the company's most recent play; it closes today, October 2nd, at 59E59 Theaters.
Tickets to In The Continuum and the rest of the Primary Stages season are available by calling (212) 279-4200 or by visiting the box office. For
more information, visit www.primarystages.com.
