SYNOPSIS
When a South African nursing student is falsely accused of stealing medicine from an American clinic, she is detained in a Maximum Women’s Detention Center where events leading up to the confiscation of her VISA unravel as three young Southern African girls haunt her prison cell. Exploring health issues facing women in the United States and the border between the Republic of Botswana and South Africa, WATCHWOMEN gives voice to the alarming vulnerability of young women to HIV/AIDS.
Cast:
*Multiple roles for 3 men and 6 women/Diverse Casting
CHARACTERS
ANODIWA DIKO South African Nursing student, studying in America
BIG BERTHA American Correction Officer
CHILD BRIDES Funani, Ifu, Icici, Botswanian Teenagers
JUDGE TALISON Immigration Judge
MS. HOPKINS U. S. Attorney
NATASHA American Escort
NURSE American nurse/African nurse
VICKY HILL American television journalist
TENDI South African Truck Driver
JACOB South African Truck Driver