Ruined

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Ruined is a Pulitzer Prize–winning play by Lynn Nottage that explores the lives of women in a war-torn African country and the brutal impact of conflict on their bodies and communities.

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instanceOf play
theatrical work
author Lynn Nottage
awardReceived Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play
Lucille Lortel Award
surface form: Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play

Obie Award
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception widely acclaimed
featuresCharacter Christian
Mama Nadi
Salima
Sophie
firstBroadwayOrOffBroadwayRun New York City
focusesOn brutal impact of conflict on bodies and communities
lives of women affected by war
form two-act play
genre drama
feminist theatre
political drama
hasSubject economic survival during conflict
moral ambiguity in wartime
trauma and healing
inspiredBy interviews with Congolese women refugees
laterProducedAt Manhattan Theatre Club
mainTheme civil conflict in Africa
exploitation of women
impact of war on women
sexual violence in armed conflict
survival in war-torn societies
medium live theatre performance
notableFor bringing attention to the Congolese civil war
portrayal of women’s resilience in conflict zones
originalLanguage English
premiereDate 2008
premiereLocation Goodman Theatre
surface form: Goodman Theatre, Chicago
producedBy Goodman Theatre
PulitzerPrizeCategory Drama
PulitzerPrizeYear 2009
setting a bar and brothel in a war-torn African country
civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo
subjectMatter child soldiers
rape as a weapon of war
resource-driven conflict in Central Africa
targetAudience adult theatre audiences
timePeriodDepicted late 20th to early 21st century Congolese conflict
writer Lynn Nottage

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Lynn Nottage notableWork Ruined
Lynn Nottage wrote Ruined
Condola Rashad notableWork Ruined