Oct. 16 & Monday, Oct. 17
6:00pm and 8:00pm showings each night
Al Jisser Group, the Kazbah project, and Nibras Theatre Collective Present
ACTS FOR PALESTINE
A Theatrical Benefit For the "Made in Palestine" art exhibition
Blue Heron Arts Center
123 East 24 Street,
Tickets $25 general admission, $15 students, $100 Patrons of our work
Acts for Palestine is an evening of one-act plays set in Palestine, written by Palestinian playwrights. These performances, organized to benefit Al
Jisser's "Made in Palestine" art exhibition, will bring audiences the opportunity to experience Palestinian theatre - humorous, exhilarating, and thought-provoking.
Buy tickets online at www.aljisser.org
Or call Samia Halaby 212-966-3517
The following plays will be featured:
Between Our Lips
by Nathalie Handal,
Directed by Lameece Issaq
In this suspenseful play about love, occupation and the painful complexity of separations, Ayat, under house arrest for murder, is unexpectedly visited by Homer, a significant person in her past, who returns to see her moments before she is to be taken to jail.
Friday Morning
by Razanne Carmey
At the age of 26, Nada had spent all her life being a dutiful daughter, a good sister and a loving wife. But suddenly she finds herself alone and in charge. All her men have been captured by Zionists and she has the terrible task of hiding the truth of the Nakba from her little son.
Macklubeh
by Sami Mitwasi,
Directed by Maha Chehlaoui
Although living in a country where people live surrounded by constant death, an old lady, alone in the world, somehow manages to survive to an old age. Then one day an angel arrives to inform her that death is coming to take her, today. Not ready to die, the old woman refuses to accept the angel's omen but then something happens and changes her mind
Pressing Beyond in Between
by Soha Al-Jurf,
Directed by Dalia Basiouny
A Palestinian-American playwright and performer's exploration of social, political, and personal boundaries. This autobiographical solo performance piece examines the challenges of defining personal identity within the context of gender, religion, and nationality.
Al Jisser Group builds bridges between Arabic visual art and the world.
The Kazbah Project ltd. Is a live events and motion picture production
company, and Nibras is a theatre collective focused on the creative
expression of arabs and Arab-Americans.
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