While I did not get to see it during its Broadway or Off-Broadway runs, "Eclipsed" was amazing to read. The play takes place in 2003 during the Second Liberian Civil War and is told from the perspectives of five women. Four of the women are "wives" of a LURD (Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy) general, and the fifth woman is a representative of the Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace.

The play is really great in large part because of its characters. In the face of horror, each woman responds to her circumstances in the best way she thinks will allow for survival, physically and mentally. These responses at times puts them at odds with each other. As events escalate and the tension builds, I found myself superbly invested in all of their fates.

I will admit, this play came on my radar because I saw "Black Panther" this weekend and am now suffering from withdrawal. Like any nerd, I went and researched all of the projects that Danai Gurira and Lupita Nyong'o have completed. Once I realized Danai wrote a play that Lupita stared in, I knew reading it was a done deal. All that aside, the play is great on its own. I recommend it, and will be sure to get a ticket if it has another Broadway/Off-Broadway run regardless of who is cast.