Blight presented by Pinky Swear Productions at Anacostia Playhouse

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"...But ultimately this is a story about loss — loss of life, loss of the promise of life, loss of relationship, loss of love, loss of history, loss of community — as a surprise twist at the end of the play movingly shows. We may judge — there’s plenty of judgment going on in this play — but the value of life trumps judging. The Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko wrote: “With every man who dies, there dies with him his first snowfall, his first kiss, his first fight. He takes it all with him.” We can tear down a building, but we can’t tear down who we are. Nor should we. The gaps between us may be vast. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t build a bridge and cross it."