This year, New Works Now goes political, presenting the Arab/Israeli Festival. The Public Theater is joined by The Flea Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, Nibras, The New York Arab-American Comedy Festival and The Culture Project in presenting works by Israeli and Arab writers as well as American playwrights writing in response to the situation in the Middle East.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
THINGS WE WANT
By Jonathan Marc Sherman
Directed by Ethan Hawke
Tuesday October 24th at 8:30pm
IN THE RED AND BROWN WATER
Written by Tarell McCraney
Directed by Tina Landau
Wednesday, October 25th at 8:30pm
WHEN THE BULBUL STOPPED SINGING
Adapted from the book of diaries of Raja Shehadeh by David Greig
Directed by Joanne Akalaitis
Friday, October 27th at 8:30
New York Theatre Workshop & Nibras Program A
Featuring the work of artists including Najla Said, Leila Buck and Nathalie Handal.
Friday, October 27th at 8:30
New York Theatre Workshop & Nibras Program B
Featuring the work of artists including Najla Said, Leila Buck and Nathalie Handal.
Saturday, October 28th at 8:30
THE GOOD NEGRO
By Tracey Scott Wilson
Directed by Leisl Tommy
A fictional account of the everyday struggles faced by the men and women on the front lines of the epic Civil Rights struggle and the FBI investigators who silently track their every move.Sunday, October 29th at 7pm
THE MURDER OF ISAAC
By Motti Lerner
Translated from the Hebrew by Anthony Berris
Directed by Irene Lewis
Monday, October 30th at 8:30pm
AMERICANS RESPOND:
AN EVENING OF SHORT PLAYS IN RESPONSE
TO THE CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Leading American playwrights, including Public Theater alumni Stephen Adly Guirgis and Naomi Wallace, contribute world-premiere short pieces in response to the crisis in the Middle East. The plays will be followed by a Town Hall discussion featuring the writers.
Wednesday, November 1st at 8:30pm
CELEBRITY ROW
By Itamar Moses
Directed by Oskar Eustis
Thursday, November 2nd at 8:30pm
UNTITLED DARFUR PLAY
By Winter Miller
Directed by Joanna Settle
Friday, November 3rd at 7:30pm
AGAIN AND AGAINST - THE ART OF HOPING INDEFINITELY
By Betty Shamieh
Directed by Robert O'Hara
Saturday, November 4th at 8:30pmNew Work Now! at Joe's Pub
A SNEAK PREVIEW OF THE NEW YORK ARAB-AMERICAN COMEDY FESTIVAL
Saturday, November 4th at 11pm at Joe's Pub
The Flea Theatre
O JERUSALEM
By A.R. Gurney
Directed by Jim Simpson
Monday, November 6th at 8:30pm
RESERVE YOUR TIX:
1. Call 212-967-7555 from 10am to 9pm, Mon-Sun
2. Visit The Public Theater Box Office, 425 Lafayette Street (between Astor Place and East 4th)Box Office hours:Tues-Sat 1-7:30PM, Sun & Mon 1-6PM
For More Info: www.publictheater.org
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