Jerel Brown as a majestic African elephant leads the audience on a harrowing journey in Zoetic Stage’s ‘Mlima’s Tale’ at the Adrienne Arsht Center through Oct. 30. JUSTIN NAMON Zoetic Stage’s stunning ...

Jerel Brown plays a majestic elephant in Zoetic Stage’s production of ‘Mlima’s Tale’ at the Carnival Studio Theater in the Adrienne Arsht Center. Chris HeadShots Playwright Lynn Nottage navigates ...

What thoughts fly through an elephant's mind before he is slain by an ivory poacher? Does he remember his mother calling him handsome? Does he remember his grandmother teaching him to listen? Does he ...

NEW YORK — Those of you who don’t believe in ghosts are likely to think again after seeing “Mlima’s Tale,” Lynn Nottage’s beautiful, endlessly echoing portrait of a murder and its afterlife. In this ...

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In 2021, for audiences searching for a place to reflect—on globalism, on greed, on everything—the thought-provoking 90-minute play offers an opportunity to do so. The production, running through July ...

But not to be missed right now is her 2018 play Mlima’s Tale at the Kiln. Out of a magazine article about the ivory trade, Nottage has spun a Brechtian yarn of corruption and mendacity, minus the ...

Mlima’s Tale unfolds with the directness and simplicity of a child’s bedtime story. Yet it is the grimmest of Grimm tales. Playwright Lynn Nottage takes as her theme the illegal trade in ivory which ...

From left: Will Mann, Ezioma Asonye, Kambi Gathesha and Joe Ngo rehearse a scene from "Mlima's Tale." ‘Mlima’s Tale” marks a return to live, in-person performance for the Repertory Theatre of St.

Zoetic Stage’s stunning Florida premiere of “Mlima’s Tale” is mindful of the suggestions Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage offers in brief notes at the beginning of her script. The stage, ...