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Mlima’s Tale
by Lynn Nottage

Directed by Sharon Graci
Cannon Street Arts Center
Southeastern Regional Premiere
June 16-25, 2022

A magnificent elephant is trapped by the underground international ivory market. As he follows a trail littered by a history of greed, Mlima takes us on a journey through memory, fear, tradition, and the penumbra between want and need.

FEATURING
Brandon Alston
Anna Lin
Shivam Patel
Michael Smallwood*

* PURE Core Ensemble 

“The world Nottage has brought to the stage is rich with detail, its characters complex and engaging.”
—Time Out New York

“Eighty straight minutes of searing brilliance, MLIMA’S TALE makes a strong argument for plausible deniability as a luxury far greater than ivory, afforded to only the most privileged.”
—TheaterMania.com

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Funded in part by the South Carolina Arts Commission, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Additional ongoing financial support provided by Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Coastal Community Foundation, The John & Susan Bennett Memorial Arts Fund, The Joanna Foundation, The Yaschik Foundation, and The Boeing Company.

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