joining me now are the stars, lupita nyong'o, the writer, deny - danaia d - gurrira, and the director. what is the connection to the play that was put on in 2009? i: it is the same play. and out of some amazing synchronicity, lou peter -- yell atas walking in to the time. at the yell school of drama, you yet -- yale school of drama, you get assigned to understudy, and that is the first show i was assigned. we had worked on it before we got to jail and done rigorous work with the script. le and done rigorous work with the script. charlie: what were you creating in your own mind? what is the story? thehe big picture story was story about how human beings survive under untenable .ituations charlie: and what it is within them that enables them to survive. >> and what is it in each individual that makes their path different from someone else's path. circumstances are similar. in your living under war and oppression, but every single play makes ahe different decision. you are going to make a different decision no matter where you are from. towill all do what it takes survive. charlie: you c