Guantánamo Announces Closing Date of Dec. 19

By Robert Simonson
and Ernio Hernandez
November 11, 2004

The Off-Broadway play, Guantánamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom, has announced that it will close its run at the 45 Bleecker Street Theatre on Dec. 19.

Allan Buchman and The Culture Project present the American debut of the London documentary drama Guantánamo which opened at the 45 Bleecker Street Theatre, Aug. 26 following previews from Aug. 20.

Similar to the theatre's former tenant The Exonerated, the drama Guantánamo is based on actual testimony of detainees (as well as lawyers and public officials). Victoria Brittain and Gillian Slovo assembled the work from interviews (conducted in March and April 2004) of five British detainees at the titular Cuban locale who were released from imprisonment in late February.

Nicolas Kent and Sacha Wares direct the work which was commissioned (from an idea by Kent) by the Tricycle Theatre in January 2004. The show opened at the northern London Tricycle in May to sold out crowds and recently moved to the West End.

The current cast for the New York production includes Jeffrey Brick, Steven Crossley, Ramsey Faragallah, Andrew Stewart-Jones, Caroline Lagerfeldt, Robert Langdon Lloyd, Aasif H. Mandvi, Harsh Nayyar, Maulik Pancholy, Joris Stuyck and Waleed F. Zuaiter.

The design team include Miriam Buether (set and costume) and Johanna Town (lighting).

For tickets to Guantánamo at 45 Bleecker Street Theatre, call (212) 253-9983. For more information on The Culture Project, visit www.45bleecker.com.