WHERE ELEPHANTS WEEP recently premiered in Phnom Penh, Cambodia for 7 sold-out performances and became a popular and critical hit. One of the live performances was shot for exclusive national broadcast by the largest Cambodian television station, CTN, and was aired on December 25, 2008 reaching nearly 2 million viewers nation-wide. The second scheduled broadcast was canceled due to a social/political controversy over the roles of actors playing religious monks in the piece. An unprecedented meeting between artists, religious leaders and ministers of government has taken place to attempt to resolve several core issues raised by the protest - making WHERE ELEPHANTS WEEP one of the few musicals since HAIR to create a reflection of and debate surrounding contemporary social issues.

Cambodian Premier produced
in association with Amrita
Performing Arts and John Burt,
Executive Producer 


An original commission by