‘Manahatta’ to Make Bay Area Premiere
about 3 months ago (02/08/2024)
'Manahatta' to Make Bay Area Premiere | KQED Skip to Nav Skip to Main Skip to Footer upper waypoint The Do List 'Manahatta' to Make Bay Area Premiere Nicole Gluckstern Feb 8 Save Article Save Article Failed to save article Please try again Email Shannon R. Davis. (Courtesy Shannon R. Davis) It’s been 10 years since Mary Kathryn Nagle’s history-hopping, dual-timeline play Manahatta was first workshopped at the Public Theatre in NYC. Set in Manhattan in both 1626 and 2008, the play revisits the historic displacement of the Lenape peoples at the hands of the Dutch, and draws a direct throughline to the displacement and foreclosures caused by predatory lending practices during the Great Recession of 2007-2008.