REDCAT Announces the Postponement of A MISSIONARY POSITION to 2012

By: Oct. 28, 2011
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REDCAT announces the postponement of A Missionary Position, originally scheduled for November 9-13, 2011. Due to unforeseen scheduling conflicts the world premiere at REDCAT will be rescheduled for 2012; dates to be announced.

Written and performed by multitalented Ugandan American artist Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, A Missionary Position is a searing satirical response to the rampant homophobia now gripping Uganda-shown most notoriously by the proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill that would make certain homosexual acts punishable by death. A Missionary Position is the follow-up to Mwine's internationally heralded one-man show Biro, about the eponymous HIV-positive Ugandan who illegally entered the United States to seek treatment.

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Nov 03 | Conversations
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