Sense of an Ending

by Urban, Ken

• ISBN13: 9781474248495
• ISBN10: 1474248497
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781474248501
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2015-06-02
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
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Summary

The weight of what is to come is unbearable. It is crushing me.
The sound of the crying, it never ceases. I carry this inside and now tell only you.

Charles, a disgraced New York Times journalist, arrives in Rwanda for an exclusive interview with two Hutu nuns. Charged with war crimes, the nuns must convince the world of their innocence during the 1994 genocide. When an unknown survivor contradicts the nuns' story, Charles must decide between saving his career or telling a murkier truth that might condemn the nuns to a life in prison.

Ken Urban's award-winning Sense Of An Ending shines a light on journalistic truth and morality amid the atrocity of the Rwandan genocide. The play was produced and published during the twenty-first century anniversary of the genocide, and is a striking and compelling political thriller asking if forgiveness is possible in a world where truth is never simple.

Sense Of An Ending was premiered at Theatre503, London, on 12 May 2015.

Author Biography

Ken Urban is a playwright and screenwriter based in New York. His plays have been produced and developed at Summer Play Festival at The Public, Donmar Warehouse, Epic Theatre Ensemble, Studio 42, Theatre @ Boston Court, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Playwrights Horizons, Irish Rep, Primary Stages, kef productions, Stable Cable, and The Huntington. During the 2013-14 season, The Awake opened at 59E59 Theatres in August with the New York Times naming the show a Critic's Pick and it played for a sold-out run. The Correspondent was part of the season at Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre. Awards include the Weissberger Playwriting Award, Huntington Theater Playwriting Fellowship, Djerassi Artist Residency, Dramatist Guild Fellowship, and MacDowell Colony Fellowships. The feature film adaptation of his play The Happy Sad, with a screenplay by the author and directed by Rodney Evans, premiered at Frameline and OutFest.