| 12pm |
Welcoming Remarks/Program Overview - Juliano Mer Khamis |
| 12:30pm |
Break |
| 1:00pm |
SESSION #1: |
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Last Train to Jerusalem by Fuad Abboud |
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Director: Will Frears |
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Cast: |
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Youssef: Omar Koury*; Mariam: Najla Said*; Moussa: Ryan P Shrime*; Conductor/Bully: Demosthenes Chrysan*; Moshe: Ariel Shafir*; Brash: Jonathan Hova*; Professor: Waleed F. Zuaiter*; Reverend: Laith Nakli |
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Stage Directions: Alia Tarraf* |
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Discussion Moderator: Catherine Coray* |
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Discussion Themes: representing history, use of metaphor and allegory |
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Break |
| 3:30pm |
SESSION #2: |
| 4:00pm |
"It Happened in a Place Called Palestine" by Razanne Carmey |
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Director: Sarah Cameron Sunde |
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Cast: |
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Driver/Radio Voice: Demosthenes Chrysan; Deena: Hend Ayoub; Nasser: Jonathan Hova; Israeli Loudspeaker/Israeli Soldier 1: Lee Sher; Najwa: Amy J. Carle*; Waleed: Waleed F. Zuaiter*; Israeli Soldier 2: Ariel Shafir*; Nurse: Lameece Issaq*; Settler 1: Ryan P Shrime*; Settler 2: Ramsey Faragallah*; Zena: Maya Serhan*; Nadia: Najla Said* |
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"Sharon and My Mother-in-Law" by Suad Amiry, Stage adaptation by Afaf Shawwa |
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Director:Kareem Fahmy |
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Cast: |
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Dr. Suad Amiry: Leila Buck; Suad's Mother/Um Salim: Lameece Issaq; Suad's Father/George W. Bush/ CaptainYossi: Ramsey Faragallah; Israeli Officer/Dr. Tamar: Lee Sher; Israeli Soldier/Suheilla/Bush's Operator: Maya Serhan* |
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Stage Directions: Lena Rizkallah |
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"Deir Yassin: The Stonecutters" by Nathalie Handal |
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Director: Sturgis Warner* |
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Cast: |
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Mourid: Ramsey Faragallah*; Soumaya: Amy J. Carle*; Mohammad: Ryan P Shrime*; Rim: Hend Ayoub; Amer: Daoud Heidami*; Hayat: Leila Buck |
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Discussion Moderator: Hala Nassar |
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Discussion Themes: Using true/historical stories, hakawati influence ("hakawati" means "storyteller" in Arabic and refers to the long tradition of storytelling in the Arab World) |
| 6:30pm |
Break |
| 7:00pm |
SESSION #3: |
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"Between This Breath and You" by Naomi Wallace |
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Director: Isis Saratial Misdary |
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Cast: |
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Mourid Khatib: Omar Koury*; Tanya Langer: Leila Buck; Fakhri Yonu: Daoud Heidami |
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Stage Directions: Mark Watson* |
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Discussion Moderator: Juliano Mer Khamis |
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Discussion Themes: co-existence, race and class in Palestinian/Israeli relations, linked lives, politics of non-Arabs writing about Palestine |
