EVENT DETAILS

Special Three Part Series Honoring 2013-14 UCI Medalist Ngugi wa Thiong’o

MARCH 5

The Department of Comparative Literature presents

Ngugi wa Thiong’o on “Metaphysical Empires: Language as a War Zone”

5:00 PM
Humanities Instructional Building 135
Free Admission. Open to the public.

The Department of Comparative Literature launches its lecture series with novelist and theorist Ngugi wa Thiong’o, UCI Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and English. The lecture precedes the following week’s staging of his play, The Trial Of Dedan Kimathi, written in collaboration with Micere Githae-Mugo, by UCI Drama.


MARCH 8 & 9, 11-16

The Trial Of Dedan Kimathi by Ngugi wa Thiong’o

The issues of citizenship, justice and fear are put into powerful relief in Ngugi wa Thiong’o and Micere Mugo’s play The Trial Of Dedan Kimathi.

The Claire Trevor School of the Arts presents a powerful play that resonates across time and space from 1956 Kenya to speak to us in the U.S. in 2014 about ongoing divisions of race, gender, class and language in society.

Contemporary Arts Center, Lobby Level
Evenings: Mar. 8, 13*, 14, 15 8:00 p.m.
Evenings: Mar. 9, 11, 12 7:30 p.m.
Matinees: Mar. 9*, 15, 16 2:00 p.m.
*Ticketholders: Please join us for a post-performance Talk Back with the creative team and cast.

General - $15 / Seniors, Groups 10+, UCI Faculty & Staff - $14 / UCI Students & Children under 17 - $11
Tickets: Arts Box Office 949 824 2787 or ONLINE HERE.


MARCH 13

“Drama, Law and Justice: The Making of The Trial Of Dedan Kimathi”

International Studies Public Forum with Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Ketu Katrak, Beryl Schlossman, and special guests.

5:00 PM
Social Science Plaza A - Lecture Hall 1100
Free Admission. Open to the public.