4,380 Nights
World Premiere Jan 16 – Feb 18, 2018
Signature Theatre kicks off the Heidi Thomas Writers’ Initiative with a complex and intriguing look at an American worldview created in the wake of September 11.
For the last 12 years, or 4,380 days, Malik Djamal Ahmad Essaid has been held without charge by the United States government at the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center. As he languishes in his cell, his interactions with those on the outside are juxtaposed with historical events in a riveting exposé into the most dangerous prison of all—fear.
With a graceful poetry and a fluidity that spans time and place, DC playwright Annalisa Dias delivers a searing and timely critique of power, humanity and what it means to be American.
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Performance Information
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Run Time
Run time is approximately two hours and twenty minutes, including one fifteen minute intermission
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Content Warnings
Contains adult language and situations
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Effects Warnings
Contains strobe lights and loud noises
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Recommended Age
Suitable for adults only (18+)
Sponsored by
4,380 Nights is presented as part of the 2018 Women’s Voices Theater Festival.
SigWorks: The Heidi Thomas Writers’ Initiative, a partnership with the Jenna and Paul Segal Foundation, is a multi-year commitment to present world premieres by female playwrights with female directors.
Sponsored by the Jenna and Paul Segal Foundation.
New Work at Signature Theatre is sponsored by the Revada Foundation of the Logan Family
