On Stage
VOICES FROM A CHANGING MIDDLE EAST: 2008-2009 FESTIVAL
Last year's rousing festival success returns with returns with a new installment focusing on vibrant Israeli voices in the 60th year of Israels' existence. This second installment will feature one mainstage production and very special limited engagements and more! Performances, panels, and Peace Cafes at Theater J, co-sponsored by the Embassy of Israel.
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DAI (Enough)
Written and performed by
Iris Bahr Originally directed Off-Broadway
by Will Pomerantz
January 14-18, 2009
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THE ACCIDENT
By Hillel Mitelpunkt
Directed by Sinai Peter
English Language Premiere, translated by David Berkoff
February 4–March 8, 2009
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BENEDICTUS
By Motti Lerner
Directed by Rahaleh Nassri
An Iran-Israel-US Collaboration
Created by Mahmood Karimi-Hakak, Motti Lerner, Roberta Levitow, Daniel Michaelson and Torange Yeghiazarian
March 14-29, 2009
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ONE NIGHT ONLY
SPECIAL EVENT |
Waziristan to Washington: A Muslim at the Crossroads
Written & Performed by Akbar Ahmed
Directed by Stephen Stern
March 23 at 7:30 pm
In the post 9/11 world, one of the world’s leading authorities on Islam is
forced to explain his culture and his people's history to a hostile Western
World. Akbar Ahmed-—anthropologist, former Pakistani High Commissioner and Oprah Winfrey's go-to guest on Muslim issues takes us back to his birthplace and traces the evolution of modern Pakistan, the attempts to achieve integration in the modern world, and the rise of Islamic extremism in the face of Western ignorance. A moving, multi-media memoir presented in partnership with the 16th Street J’s Dialogues and Public Affairs Program.
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