We are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884 - 1915

“Impressively navigates the tricky boundaries that separate art and life, the haunted present and the haunting historical past..” New York TimesA group of actors gather to tell the little-known story of the first genocide of the twentieth century.

As the full force of a horrific past crashes into the good intentions of the present, what seemed a far-away place and time is suddenly all too close to home.

Just whose story are they telling?Pulitzer Prize award-winning playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury collides the political with the personal in a play that is irreverently funny and seriously brave. We Are Proud To Present . . . premiered off-Broadway at Soho Rep in 2012. This new Modern Classics edition features an introduction by Leonor Faber-Jonker.