The Syringa Tree

Pamela Gien’s new play, The Syringa Tree, tells the story of an abiding love between two families–one black, one white–and the two children who are born into their shared household in the early 1960s in South Africa. Seen first through the eyes of a six-year-old child as she tries to make sense of the chaos and magic of her world, the play follows their destinies through four generations, from early apartheid to the present day free South Africa. Kate Blumberg stars and Larry Moss directs.