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SILENCE OF GOD Sarah Holtzman, an American journalist, scores the interview of her career with Pol Pot, Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge leader, but when he throws her out she learns instead of the secret plan to capture him. In 1998 the United States prepared to imprison Pol Pot to try him for crimes against humanity and his Khmer Rouge adversary Ta Mok, known as "The Butcher", made overtures to hand him over. Inspired by a close and early contact with a poet Heng Chhay, a survivor of the Khmer Rouge atrocities, Sarah became a journalist to answer the question of why evil flourishes in the world. What she discovers the day she meets Pol Pot raises more questions than it provides answers. Transformed by the poet Heng Chhay’s love, the lines blur between writing and living a story that is darker and bigger than she imagined. Can she reverse the cycle of violence, or is she too implicated? Click here for information about performing or purchasing this play. |
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“SILENCE OF GOD, directed by
Jean Randich, is a brave attempt to come to grips with the Cambodian
holocaust, something that has largely failed to penetrate the American
consciousness…SILENCE OF GOD is a brave play, with a compelling
story to tell.” |
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