Cardboard Piano
by Hansol Jung

Cardboard Piano Book Cover
Cardboard Piano Cover

Highlights

105 mins Present Day Role(s) for Black Actor(s) Unit Set/Multiple Settings

Synopsis

Northern Uganda on the eve of the millennium: The daughter of American missionaries and a local teenage girl steal into a darkened church to seal their love in a secret, makeshift wedding ceremony.

But when the surrounding war zone encroaches on their fragile union, they cannot escape its reach.

Confronting the religious and cultural roots of intolerance, Cardboard Piano explores violence and its aftermath, as well as the human capacity for hatred, forgiveness, and love.

Characters

Character
CHRIS

16 in Part I, age 30 in Part II. Any Ethinicity, American

ADIEL

16, Acholi, Ugandan

PIKA

13, Acholi, nationality unspecified

SOLDIER

early 20s, Acholi, nationality unspecified

PAUL

27, Acholi, Ugandan, played by Soldier from Part I

RUTH

late 20s, Bugandan, Ugandan, played by Adiel from Part I

FRANCIS

late teens to early 20s, Acholi, Ugandan. Played by Pika from Part I

Videos

First look at Cardboard Piano at the 2016 Humana Festival

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
ISBN-13 9780573705717
ISBN-10 0573705712

Cardboard Piano is a play written by Hansol Jung and published by Samuel French .

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