While there is disappointment over a prolonged wait to experience this award-winning play by Somali Playwright Ifrah Mansour, the Chocolate Church is very excited to begin programming expanded events around a later event. The spring production will involve a range of activities, such as workshops, public talks, art and puppet-making at the CC Art Lab, and more. We are also looking to provide transportation for groups and communities coming from outside Bath. After a bleak winter, the play’s message of hope and resilience will move us with its message of resilience and strength, resonating in sync with the season change.

Mansour, who resides in Minnesota and tours with the production around the world (it premiered in London), uses puppetry, poetry, videos and storytelling to revisit her own childhood refugee experience during the 1991 Somali civil war. “How to Have Fun in a Civil War” is a moving story, told with humor and warmth, creating a spellbinding experience for kids and adults alike. The one-act play actually unfolds from the idyllic viewpoint of a seven-year-old Somali refugee girl. 

We will be in touch at a late date with new date and production information. For now, we thank you for your support of this event, and hope you might catch any calendar listings or mentions of the postponed October date that are in your orbit.

Please reach out to Matthew Glassman, Executive & Artistic Director of the CCAC for any additional information.