A National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere, this new play by Robert Schenkkan imagines a near future where millions of undocumented immigrants are rounded up and detained, a private prison overflows, and a supervisor makes a terrible choice.
The National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere of Building the Wall is the newest play by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan (The Kentucky Cycle, All the Way), and will be directed by Michael Dove. Building the Wall imagines a very near future where President Trump’s anti-immigration campaign rhetoric is turned into harrowing reality. Millions of undocumented immigrants are rounded up and detained, overflowing private prisons and incarceration camps. Now, a historian interviews the supervisor of a private prison as he awaits sentencing for carrying out the federal policy that has escalated into the unimaginable. This riveting and illuminating drama delivers a powerful warning and puts a human face on the inhuman, revealing how, when personal accountability is denied, what seems inconceivable becomes inevitable.
Tickets are available at forum-theatre.org or by phone at 301-588-8279.
Advanced tickets are $33 for Tuesdays/Wednesdays/Thursdays/Matinees,$38 for Fridays/Saturdays/Sunday evenings.
*A limited numbers of tickets are available for pay-what-you-want pricing one hour before the show at the box office.
Phone: 301-588-8279
Email: tickets@forum-theatre.org
2017/04/27 - 2017/05/27
Additional time info:
Please note that the April 27th - May 7th performances will be at the Kogod Cradle at Arena Stage.
The May 18 - May 27th performances will be at Forum's home at the Silver Spring Black Box Theatre.
Silver Spring Black Box Theatre
8641 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20911