11 AND 12, April 14-17, 2011, Eisenhower Theater
Based on the novel Life and Teaching of Tierno Bokar - The Sage of Bandigara by African writer Amadou Hampaté Bâ and adapted by Marie Hélène Estienne and Peter Brook, 11 and 12 explores how a theological conflict over whether a certain prayer should be recited eleven or twelve times leads to hatred, violence, and massacres
Set in West Africa under French occupation, this true story is directed by Peter Brook.
Peter Brook's previous Kennedy Center outing was the visit by his landmark staging of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in -- good gosh! – 1973.