San Diego Black Ensemble Theatre
in conjunction with Theatre Inc. and
The Blue Trunk Theatre Company present

7:00 pm, Friday, November 20, 2009, Backdoor, Aztec Center

Featuring: Monique Gaffney, Mark Christopher Lawrence, and Joe Powers

Gangsters is set in late 1970s South Africa during the tumultuous times of racial suppression and rebellion. San Diego Black Ensemble’s Rhys Green directs this bold, in your face fight for the freedom to speak and change the unfair conditions of a society.

In the story, a poet is harassed by authorities for writing inflammatory verse and for reading it in public. In quick succession, she is interrogated, subjected to a banning order and killed in prison.

Gangsters is a gut wrenching exposé of authority gone wrong and personal freedoms abused. This story could be placed in any society in any country and anytime; even NOW!!! From the torture of Guantanamo Bay to the genocides of Darfur to our own social/public crucifixion of a beauty queen for simply stating what she believes.

Gangsters is a powerful indictment of “man’s inhumanity to man” that must be seen, must be talked about; join us in this look at the reflection of our time by three of San Diego’s finest actor and theatrical collaborators. A story for all times and for all people.

This performance is free for all SDSU students, faculty and staff.

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