The Chibok Girls: Our Story

The US Premiere of Renegade Theatre's searing work of testimonial theater about the abduction of 276 girls from their school in the Nigerian town of Chibok by the Boko Haram in 2014, and the enduring reverberations of their story. Written and directed by Wole Oguntokun, The Chibok Girls: Our Story will be presented in tandem with The Lab’s special guest Nobel Prize winning playwright and author Wole Soyinka, who will premiere excerpts from his brand new work A Humanist Ode for Chibok, Leah. This long-form epic poem pays tribute to 15-year-old Leah Sharibu, one of the 108 girls abducted from Dapchi by the Islamic State for the West African Province (ISWAP), a splinter group of Boko Haram, in February 2018. Leah was the only one not returned after the Nigerian government paid an enormous ransom. She refused to renounce her faith and has been held captive since.

The Wednesday, May 8 (opening night) performance currently has limited tickets available to the public. Stay after the performance for a conversation with the artists, moderated by Gus Casely-Hayford, Director of the National Museum of African Art.

Ticket Costs:

General Admission: $20

Georgetown University faculty and staff: $15 (with ID)

Georgetown University students: FREE (with ID)