In Staging A Script About Sri Lanka’s Civil War, A Playwright Suddenly Learns About His Own Family’s History

S. Shakthidharan, born a Sri Lankan Tamil, was a toddler when his family fled the fighting and settled in Australia. When he asked his mother about their old life on the island, she angrily refused to discuss it — until she saw a workshop of his play, Counting and Cracking. – The New York Times

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