A Commemorative Performance Cycle 

Soulographie is a durational performance event looking at 20th century America from the point of view of its relationship to genocides in the States (the Tulsa Race Riot), in East Africa (Rwanda, Uganda), and Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador). We aim to create channels of dialogue through art and conversation.

The 17 plays by Erik Ehn that comprise the cycle were produced independently throughout the United States, Rwanda and Uganda over the course of the 2011-2012 Season. These plays converged at La MaMa in New York in November 2012 as Soulographie, a theatrical event featuring the plays performed in rotation, as well as two marathon 12-hour performance days. The cycle included opportunities to reflect and converse about the issues invoked by the plays, as well as the creation of art and poetics as acts towards social change.