Dakar 2000
by Rajiv Joseph

Name: Dakar 2000
Brand: Rajiv Joseph
SKU: 9780822245964

Off-Broadway

Dakar 2000 Book Cover — Dakar 2000 Cover

Highlights

Female

Male

90 mins Present Day Multicultural Casting Unit Set/Multiple Settings Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes

Synopsis

Boubs is serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal and is a little fed up with all the red tape.

The morning after he crashes a supply truck that he has filled with misappropriated goods to aid a local village’s gardening group, he is reprimanded by Dina, the seasoned U.S. security agent now in charge in Dakar.

She presents the smooth talker with an ultimatum: a one-way ticket back to the States or a make-good mission.

Smitten with Dina and desperate to make an impact, Boubs jumps at the chance to redeem himself.

But as Dina’s assignments and his feelings for her escalate, he unexpectedly finds himself in a moral dilemma, where he must decide how far he is willing to go to do what is right.

Press Reviews

"All the intrigue and duplicity, thirst for revenge, guileful indifference to the truth, absence of empathy for others and collateral damage to the innocent in Dakar 2000 leave us wondering if 2000 truly was the beginning of the Apocalypse. It’s a theme that resonates in the current state of our country, the world and humanity."
— DC Theater Arts

"Gripping! [The] personal and the professional overlap, taking on a new intensity, one that’s hard to describe without spoiling the play’s whirlwind of surprises."
— New York Theatre Guide