Theatre

Focusing on "Issues and Ideas," Penn Presents features distinctive plays that will challenge your identity and your values; provide you intense, emotional experiences; offer you food for thought long after the lights on stage have dimmed; and remind you why you come to live theatre for nourishment. Each engagement will be enlivened by a variety of pre- and post-performance discussions, featuring prominent Penn faculty and local experts in their fields.

Farber Foundry Presents
MoLoRa

• Wednesday, April 23 at 7:30pm • buy tickets
• Thursday, April 24 at 7:30pm • buy tickets
• Friday, April 25 at 8pm • buy tickets
• Saturday, April 26 at 2pm • buy tickets
• Saturday, April 26 at 8pm • buy tickets
• Sunday, April 27 at 3:00pm • buy tickets

At once intimate and epic, MoLoRa explores the extraordinary events surrounding apartheid and its South African legacy through a reworking of the Greek classic, The Oresteia. Building upon the energy and pathos that moved audiences to passion and tears in last year's Farber Foundry production of Amajuba: Like Doves We Rise!, acclaimed director Yael Farber sets her new play in one of the South African halls where individuals affected by South Africa's former system of repression gathered to testify before the "Truth and Reconciliation Commission."

In a dramatic confrontation, mother and daughter, perpetrator and victim, face one another in an attempt to come to terms with their violent past. Like South Africa itself, we hold our collective breath and watch the drama unfold, enhanced through the chanting of the Ngqoko Cultural Group, a traditional chorus of rural singers of the Xhosa tribe trained in the art of "split tone" singing.

View a clip from a performance of MoLoRa on YouTube™

Enjoy a Dinner/Lecture on Friday, April 25 at 6 pm. buy tickets