Casting Set for FEZ: Queen of Cities Premiere

Casting information has been announced for the Moroccan American Cultural Center of Los Angeles (MACCLA) world premiere production of FEZ: Queen of Cities, set to play at UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles, November 15, and Symphony Space’s Peter Jay Sharp Theatre in New York, November 19.

The full concert and musical explores the history of Fez, Morocco, the site of the world’s oldest University, and a city that was founded by Muslims, Jews, Christians, Arabs, Sub-Saharan Africans, Berbers, and Europeans. The cast will feature Fatah Abou of Aza, Momo Loudiyi, Abderrahim Amarani, Ali Alaoui, Moultaqa Salam and A.J. Racy and dancers from the Venice, CA based blue13 dance company, including Kory Keith as The City of Fez; Arun Mathai as The People of Fez; Marisa Cleghorn as Kenza; D. Valentine as Idriss, and Erin Dwyer as Fatima.

Presented in celebration of the 1200th Anniversary of the city of Fez, Morocco, this production has the endorsement of the United Nations (UN) in Geneva and United National Educational, the Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris, in association with Gustav E. von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies (CNES) at UCLA and The Association For 1200 Years of the Foundation of the City of Fez.

For more information, call 310-825-2101 or visit international.ucla.edu.