The Other Side

The Other Side

The Other Side

The Other Side

Overview

From the provocative author Ariel Dorfman, comes a powerful, timely new play. In a country at war for many years, a man and a woman wait. They pass their days confirming the identity of dead bodies at a hut near the border of the two fighting countries. When peace and a border guard arrive, chaos ensues. This moving and strangely comic work raises potent questions about war, identity, and love in our times.

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Cautions

  • Caution Mild Adult Mild Adult Themes

Authors

Ariel Dorfman

Ariel Dorfman, the Chilean-American author of numerous works of fiction, plays, poems, screenplays and essays in both Spanish and English, holds the Walter Hines Page chair at Duke University. His books have been translated into over forty languages and his plays staged in mo ...
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