Plays
Hewa Rwanda–Letter to the absent
Thursday, October 8, 2026
7:30 PM
BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music)
30 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Scheduled
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Live event at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music)
About Hewa Rwanda–Letter to the absent(play)
Now at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), *Hewa Rwanda–Letter to the absent* arrives in New York as a stage work shaped like correspondence: a letter addressed to those who are missing, unnamed, or out of reach. It moves through memory and aftermath, using direct address to test what can be said publicly and what remains private. If this is its first New York run, BAM frames it as part of the city’s ongoing conversation about post-conflict storytelling onstage. The piece’s restraint becomes its argument, asking the audience to sit with absence rather than resolve it.