IN THE CROSSING:
A Lebanese-American woman is caught in Lebanon with her Jewish husband during the Israeli-Hezbollah war of 2006. As she attempts to portray the many voices of their experience, she begins to realize that the most treacherous journey of all may be the act of telling her story.
Directed and developed by Shoshana Gold. View more.....
Recent Performances of In The Crossing:
-Emerging Writers Group Spotlight Series at the Public
-Epic Theater Center's Sunshine Series of new political plays
-Selected by the Public to fill Oskar Eustis and Rinne Groff's slot at the Orchard Project
-Chicago in Silk Road Theatre Project' Kasida Staged Readings series
-Brooklyn Museum's Target First Saturdays
ISITE:
A one-woman show based on true stories from a Foreign Service family's life in Washington, Saudi Arabia, Canada, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman and more. From hilarious encounters with well-meaning ignorance to the loss and discovery of people, places, language and culture, to survival, sanctions and Saddam, a young Arab-American searches her many worlds for identity, home, and the space in between. View more.....
HKEELEE (Tell Me a Story)
Playing with elements of the Thousand and One Nights, HKEELEE weaves together fictionalized versions of the controversy surrounding the establishment of an Arabic-English public school in New York, the tenure battle of a professor of Middle East Studies, and a Palestinian-American storyteller beginning to lose her memory. An exploration of language, history, and the battle for the stories that shape our lives. View more.....
FLIGHT 1/23
An American citizen attempts to board a plane to reach his family in Palestine during the 2008 siege of Gaza. When he is questioned by an African-American Homeland Security worker on her first day on the job, an African folktale found in his bag creates unexpected complications, and connections. View More.....
ONE
In September 2008, an Arab American naturalized citizen sets out to register voters, and finds herself face-to-face with the threshold of American democracy. View More.....