A play set three decades in the past, but in a place whose struggles are very much of the moment, is the latest addition to La Jolla Playhouse’s 2012-13 season.

The theater has just announced it will stage J.T. Rogers’ “Blood and Gifts,” a “part thriller, part black comedy” (in the words of Playhouse artistic director Christopher Ashley) that delves into the 1980s war between the Soviet Union and the mujahideen of Afghanistan. (FULL ARTICLE: James Hebert, U-T San Diego)