of refugees. [ thunder ] >> anthony: colombo native tracy holsinger is the founder of mind adventures theatre companyics, let alone stage a play deemed controversial, could be dangerous. >> anthony: the play that you've been doing, it came from a book, "the boy who." >> tracy: "speaks in numbers", by mike masilamani. yeah, it was first performed in november 2009. so it's -- >> anthony: no way. controversial, would you say? >> tracy: a little. the play is about internally displaced people. after the end of the war, we had over 300,000 people in camps. the largest one of them was built to house 100,000 people, but ended up-housing 227,000 people. tents that were designed for maybe five people to be in, had 10-15 people in them. there were no toilets in the camp, there were just these big pits. living conditions for these people was intolerable. there are some communities in this country that have been displaced for 25 years; that means since the '80s, they haven't had a home. >> woman 1: hurry up! don't waste my time. what's in the bag? >> woman 2: it's just some clothes, madame. >> woman 1: you can't