Synopsis

"Sunrise on Sarah" presents us with a woman the exact opposite of the title character Ryga created in "The Ecstasy of Rita Joe". In place of the ideological conflict that is characteristic of his other plays, Ryga has set up a psychological dialectic between the central character and her opposite, known only as the Man. In "Sunrise on Sarah", Ryga displays complete mastery of his own particular brand of "liquid dramaturgy" and brings to the play the compassion and poetry that are hallmarks of his work.