The Shaking Earth
When mob violence took over the streets of New Delhi, India, following the assassination of the prime minister, it was said, "when a big tree falls,...
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When mob violence took over the streets of New Delhi, India, following the assassination of the prime minister, it was said, "when a big tree falls, the earth shakes." Based on the true event of the 1984 anti-Sikh massacres, and told through an intimate lens, this play uncovers the sanctioned violence that took 8,000 lives and the repercussions of that trauma for survivors who fled to the west.
Genre: docudrama/historic, drama, faith-based, mystery/thriller, political, tragedy
Subject Matter Keywords: Indian, Sikhs, South Asia, immigration
Length: 60-90 minutes
Cast Size: 7–9
Age Appropriateness: ages 14-17, ages 18 and up
Narrative Attributes: Centers Characters of Color, Centers Female Characters, Centers LGBTQ Characters
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