Ruined

producer: Manhattan Theatre Club

In the larger Off-Broadway space at Manhattan Theatre Club, a new play by Obie-winner Lynn Nottage, produced in collaboration with the highly-regarded Goodman Theatre of Chicago.

The production of Ruined closed September 6, 2009. For current show listings and tickets, please click here.

From the theatre:

From the Obie Award-winning author of such plays as Fabulation and Intimate Apparel comes this haunting, probing work about the resilience of the human spirit during times of war. Set in a small mining town in Democratic Republic of Congo, this powerful play follows Mama Nadi, a shrewd businesswoman in a land torn apart by civil war. But is she protecting or profiting by the women she shelters? How far will she go to survive? Can a price be placed on a human life?

What's Manhattan Theatre Club? One of three not-for-profit theatres that produce a season on Broadway each year, MTC also has two smaller stages at City Center, where they produce mostly modern plays (and sometimes musicals) in a fairly conventional style. More here.

what the critics said:

4.2 out of 5.0 (click for excerpts)

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author:

Lynn Nottage

director:

Kate Whoriskey

ticket prices:

$75.00

venue:

Manhattan Theatre Club - Stage I