Synopsis

A stark stage, where the lines between victim and perpetrator blur like rain-smeared ink.

In a world ravaged by AIDS, child soldiers, and brutal justice, three interconnected stories unfold. A married couple bickers over a single life-saving prescription, their words sharp as scalpels. A mother and father grapple with the return of their son, now a child soldier with blood on his hands. And Mary, a young woman awaiting execution by stoning, faces her final hours with bitter clarity.

debbie tucker green’s stoning mary is a searing, fractured exploration of violence, complicity, and the human cost of societal breakdown. Through overlapping dialogues, stark imagery, and a bold directive that all characters be played by white actors, Green forces her audience to confront uncomfortable truths about race, gender, and power. The play’s staccato rhythm and raw emotional intensity create a visceral experience, each scene a stone hurled at the complacency of the privileged. As familial bonds fray and societal norms crumble, green asks: in a world of limited resources and boundless cruelty, who gets to survive, and at what cost?