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LEMKIN'S HOUSE In 1944, Raphael Lemkin invented the word “genocide” and spent his life fighting to have it recognized as an international crime. But when the U.S. finally signs his law – decades after his death – the Rwandan and Bosnian genocides erupt and torment Lemkin in the afterlife. He must weigh his accomplishments against his guilt for deserting his family. If genocide cannot be stopped, how will Lemkin rest? Click here for information about performing or purchasing this play. |
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highly recommended by the New York Times - The Listings “The man who invented the word genocide, Raphael Lemkin, turns
out to have an unsettled afterlife in the compelling drama by Catherine
Filloux. He learns, through visitations by Tutsis and others, that
the international law he campaigned for against genocide may not
have accomplished anything. John Daggett is impressive as Lemkin …A
call to action…” “Catherine Filloux, who has written four plays about the Khmer
Rouge genocide in Cambodia, researched her play impeccably but lent
her play a dreamlike tone that offsets any dryness or didacticism…this
play should haunt, and possibly inspire, much of the audience as
well.”
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