Urge for Going
Tickets and Information
SHOW INFORMATION
CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Mar 25, 2011
Closed Apr 17, 2011
Opened Mar 25, 2011
Closed Apr 17, 2011
Directions & Map
Visit the Urge for Going website:
http://www.publictheater.org
TICKETS TO THIS SHOW
BUY TICKETS
CHECK FOR DISCOUNTS
WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Jamila, a 17-year-old Palestinian girl growing up in a Lebanese refugee camp, is desperate to escape the small and impoverished world she calls home but her greatest source of inspiration, her father, may also prove to be her biggest obstacle. Mona Mansour, a member of The Public's Emerging Writers Group making her major debut with this production, fuses global politics with the intimacy of coming of age in this searing new play.
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
What are other members saying?
No user reviews have been posted yet.
Write a review
NEWSLETTER SIGN UP
MOST POPULAR
SHARED ON FACEBOOK
By providing information about entertainment and cultural events on this site, TheaterMania.com shall not be deemed to endorse,
recommend, approve and/or guarantee such events, or any facts, views, advice and/or information contained therein.
©1999-2012 TheaterMania.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Terms of Use & Privacy Policy
recommend, approve and/or guarantee such events, or any facts, views, advice and/or information contained therein.
©1999-2012 TheaterMania.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Terms of Use & Privacy Policy
Mona Mansour takes theatergoers into the heart of a Lebanese refugee camp in Urge for Going, now playing at the Public Theater. The work, which explores a 17-year-old girl's coming of age, is simultaneously intimate and expansive as it explores the details of her daily life, and ultimately, it has an undeniable ability to touch theatergoers' hearts while also engaging their minds.
Jamila (Tala Ashe) has never known anything other than the rundown home (a decaying cinderblock edifice brought to the stage with eeriness by scenic designer Jason Simms) that she shares with her parents, brother, and two uncles. The claustrophobic and overcrowded space is hardly the place for study, and yet, Ja[...]