Aswat: Voices of Palestine

New York Theatre Workshop with the Arab-American theatre collective Nibras, and in partnership with New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts presents Aswat: Voices of Palestine, a two-day program of readings by playwrights of Palestinian and Arab descent and playwrights of other backgrounds exploring Palestinian themes.

The event will begin with welcoming remarks and a keynote overview of Palestinian theatre past and present. The readings will be followed by moderated discussions that will provide a stimulating opportunity for audience members and artists to discuss the plays and the issues embedded in them. Aswat is the Arabic word for “voices”.

The full list of plays to be read during Aswat: Voices of Palestine is:

Last Train to Jerusalem by Fuad Abboud, directed by Will Frears

It Happened in a Place Called Palestine by Razanne Carmey, directed by Sarah Cameron Sunde

The Monologist Suffers Her Monologue by Yussef El Guindi, directed by Piter Marek

Deir Yassin: The Stonecutters by Nathalie Handal, directed by Sturgis Warner

Food and Fadwa or Eklitl Hob by Lameece Issaq and Jacob Kader, directed by Shoshana Gold

Born in Bethlehem: The Last Clown by Sami Metwasi/Al-Harah Theatre, directed by Johanna McKeon

Sharon and My Mother-in-Law by Suad Amiry, Stage Adaptation by Afaf Shawwa, directed by Kareem Fahmy

Between This Breath and You by Naomi Wallace, directed by Isis Saratial Misdary

Discussions will be moderated by Juliano Mer Khamis, Catherine Coray, Hala Nassar, and Dalia Basiouny. (All programs and participants are subject to change.)