Jessica Holt Director
We Are Proud To Present A Presentation About The Herero of Namibia,
Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From The German Sudwestafrika,
Between the Years 1884 - 1915
by Jackie Sibblies Drury
Presented at the Yale Summer Cabaret
"Owing to a total mastery of craft, the Summer Cab’s actors tackle We Are Proud to Present with grace and subtlety. Holt’s direction is exquisite: in addition to a keen eye to shadow work and light and dark, several still moments on the set give way to green-room-meets-vanitas-like arrangements that match an increasingly fraught and desperate build to the finish." - Lucy Gellman, New Haven Independent
""Drury confronts us—with good comic timing from Holt and her cast—with the ignorance that underlies, often, our efforts to “understand” and “empathize;” such ignorance can sometimes become the basis for deliberate acts of violence. Not knowing and not wanting to know are close kin."
-- Donald Brown, New Haven Review
Cast
Matt Raich (Actor 1)
Ato Blankson-Wood (Actor 2)
Aaron Bartz (Actor 3)
Julian Elijah Martinez (Actor 4)
Jenelle Chu (Actor 5/Sarah)
Shaunette Renee Wilson (Actor 6)
Photos by Christopher Ash