It Is What It Is: Scenes Precipitating The Collapse

Nine interconnected scenes to destroy any lingering remnants of belief that the collapse of Afghanistan was inevitable, sudden, or unpredictable. Over 15 years the conflect devolves as international interest wavers, national interests shift, sabotage flourishes, and corruption ruins any prospects for stability - Much less civil development. These scenes illuminate the Terms for a corrective reckoning of the human costs of this catastrophic failure of imagination. Each reflects on what the world has agreed to accept in Afghanistan. The consequences will be grave.  

Cast: 
Extensive doubling/tripling/quadrupling/etc. is anticipated so that the play's 73 characters can be performed by 11 actors.
Authors: 
Khowaja Ebadullah Hayat and Roy Henry