The Survival @ the Criminal Queerness Festival
Written by Achiro P. Olwoch
Directed by Nadia Guevara
Tickets for The Survival are Pay-What-You-Wish, ranging from $24 to $129 per ticket.
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Achan, feeling pressure from her mother for not yet being married at 27, falls for Oyat after meeting him at a bar. Unbeknownst to Achan, Oyat is hoping she will be a surrogate for him and his boyfriend’s child. When Achan learns the truth from Oyat’s boyfriend, John, she must confront her own traditional upbringing to find love and new notions of family in modern Uganda. The Survival is a story of survival.
Originally developed at the 2022 Criminal Queerness Festival at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
Tyler Bey and Gregory Marlow in The Survival. Photo: Sachyn Mital for Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts