Middle East Festival 

Anchored by

Cameri Theatre Production of 
Return to Haifa

January 15 - 30

Adapted by Boaz Gaon from the novella by Ghassan Kanafani 
Directed by Sinai Peter
Part of Voices From a Changing Middle East

A cross-cultural collaboration from the Israeli company that brought their kinetic Hamlet to DC in 2007, this heart-rending saga tells the story of Sa’id and Saffiyah, who return to the home they fled and learn the fate of the baby they left behind. Now a young soldier, Dov meets his birth parents while cleaving to the Holocaust survivors who raised him. Performed in Hebrew with English sur-titles. With Incubator workshop readings of new festival work throughout February.

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