While plays dealing with AIDS abound, it's still rare for such stories to be told from the vantage point of African and African-American women. Written and performed by Danai Gurira and Nikkole Salter, In the Continuum is a thought-provoking, entertaining, and ultimately disturbing piece that attempts to shed light on the ways in which the epidemic impacts these populations.

The play is structured as two intertwining narratives. The first is set in Zimbabwe and is enacted by Gurira. It centers around Abigail, a newscaster for a government-supported television network, who is excited to find out that she is expecting her second child -- until she discovers that she has also been diagnosed [...]