My Current Creative Project: Lost Boy Found
An Oral History Project and a Play
The Oral History collection of the Lost Boys/Girls of Sudan/
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Lost Boys Found, the oral history, is an ongoing, interdisciplinary project that is collecting, recording and archiving the oral histories of the Lost Boys/Girls of Sudan.
These oral histories document the stories of the men and women who were separated from their families as children and driven out of their homeland during a bloody, generation-long civil war in Sudan that began in 1983. The brutal conflict claimed the lives of approximately 1.9 million people and displaced and orphaned nearly 23,000 Sudanese boys and girls, according the U.S. Committee for Refugees. The oral histories tell the story of children in time of war, divided communities and the resilience of the human spirit to find new beginnings. |
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Lost Boys Found: The Play
Workshop Production - The Herberger Center
Workshop Production - The Herberger Center
Left to right, Eric Banks, Nicole Belit, Billy Ramsey, performing Lost Boys Found at the Herberger Center in May 2014
Lost Boys Found, the play, chronicles the memories and stories of the two Sudanese boys and one Sudanese girl who were separated from their families and driven out of their homeland during a brutal civil war that began in 1983. Lost Boys Found takes the audience on a journey with Abraham, Paul and Mary as they escape their burning villages, try to cope in the refugee camps with little food and rampant disease, and find a new life in America. It’s a story of children, war and the resiliency of the human spirit. Now, years later, many of them wonder why they lived while 1.9 million others perished.
A workshop production was staged at the Herberger Center's Theatre Kax Stage on May 6-15, 2014 and again at Arizona State University’s Kiva Lecture Hall on October 8, 2014. A full-length production is tentatively schedule for the 2015-2016 season at ASU’s Kerr Cultural Center.
Lost Boys Found is an interdisciplinary project. The first part aims to collect and preserve the oral histories of the Lost Boys and Girls now living here. The second part creates a full-length play based on the oral histories of the Lost Boys and Girls. Arizona happens to be is the largest relocation center for Lost Boys and Girls. About 23,000 Sudanese boys and girls were displaced and orphaned during that war. Only 3,600 were granted asylum in the United States.
A workshop production was staged at the Herberger Center's Theatre Kax Stage on May 6-15, 2014 and again at Arizona State University’s Kiva Lecture Hall on October 8, 2014. A full-length production is tentatively schedule for the 2015-2016 season at ASU’s Kerr Cultural Center.
Lost Boys Found is an interdisciplinary project. The first part aims to collect and preserve the oral histories of the Lost Boys and Girls now living here. The second part creates a full-length play based on the oral histories of the Lost Boys and Girls. Arizona happens to be is the largest relocation center for Lost Boys and Girls. About 23,000 Sudanese boys and girls were displaced and orphaned during that war. Only 3,600 were granted asylum in the United States.
