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About "Sarah's War" & Freedom Theatre West

posted December 13, 2011 - 9:31am by Editor
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A play based on the Rachel Corrie story, a theatre company dedicated to the work of Juliano Mer-Khamis's Freedom Theatre in Jenin

About Sarah's War

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The Israeli/Palestinian Conflict on Stage: Challenges & Breakthroughs, a Talkback

posted March 9, 2010 - 8:43pm by Editor
Event Details
Date/Time: 
Mar 28 2010 7:00pm
Price: 
$25, $22, $20 (Levantine members, seniors, students)
Where: 
Greenway Court Theatre
544 N. Fairfax Ave.
Los Angeles CA 90036
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How can theatre address the complex socio-political issues that Israel/Palestine pose?

Salam ShalomSalam ShalomTalkback Series: Theatre and the Middle East following SALAM SHALOM, Enemies...Another Love Story" written by Saleem, directed by Ty Donaldson, plays runs through April 17th. Read more/get tickets here.


The Israeli/Palestinian Conflict  on Stage: Challenges and Breakthroughs

March 28th, 2010 - 7pm curtain

Since September 11th the Middle East has become a frequent subject for American theatre. We will ask, what is the role that theatre might play in representing the divergent histories of Israeli and Palestinian peoples, and the conflict today? How are the conflict's dramas and cycles of violence portrayed on stage? What are the successes and failures in theatre's attempt to represent the changing geo-political landscape of the region?

Speakers Include

Saleem is a Palestinian-American performer/playwright, author of "Salam Shalom": An Israeli and a Palestinian man meet in Los Angeles, face their own prejudices and fall in love, only for that love to be challenged upon returning to Jerusalem.

Valerie Dillman, Wendy Graf, Saleem, Ellen ShipleyValerie Dillman, Wendy Graf, Saleem, Ellen ShipleyWendy Graf is a Jewish-American playwright, author of the up coming production "Behind the Gates": A seventeen year old American girl goes on a school trip to Israel and disappears into the haredi community. Her parents must journey to Israel to search for her.

Ellen Shipley the director of "Desert Sunrise": A chance meeting between a Palestinian shepherd and an Israeli soldier who are both seeking shelter in a desert valley in the Israeli occupied West Bank.

Valerie Dillman is an actress and playwright of "Sarah's War" which just finished its run at the Pacific Resident Theatre in Venice: A young American student passionate about social justice travels to the Gaza Strip with the International Solidarity Movement. 

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Forum on Middle Eastern Theatre Strikes Chord of Urgency

posted February 16, 2010 - 12:20pm by Editor
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The Golden Thread Ties it All Together with ReOrient Forum

By Tara Marie Good

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