From Obie Award-winning playwright Danai Gurira (ECLIPSED, IN THE CONTINUUM) comes a rich, unflinching, yet compassionate story. Set in 1895 amid the colonial scramble for Southern Africa, the play follows Jekesai, a young girl who escapes a forced marriage arrangement and discovers Christianity under the guidance of an African teacher. However, as anti-colonial sentiments rise to a boiling point, Jekesai must choose between her new God and the spirits of her ancestors. “An impressive new work by an impressive young playwright” (THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER), THE CONVERT examines complex cultural and religious collisions that shaped the post-colonial world, the reverberations of which are still felt throughout the world today.