Barney Simon Theatre
09 -27 April 2025
“Pieces of Me” is a profoundly moving personal story of the unspoken histories that many people carry within them. An exploration of family secrets, with resonances that still echo today. It explores questions about identity: “Who are you, if you can no longer be who you are?”
Bo Petersen grew up in a white family in Apartheid South Africa. When she was 19 she uncovered her father’s secret. He was not white and had married the love of his life, who was white. Bo became the custodian of his secret. She began writing “pieces” as a way of trying to understanding her father, his “passing” and in turn, her “passing”. They were collaborators in their knowledge and silence. This award-winning play tells their story.