SYRIAN REFUGEES, APPLIED THEATER, WORKSHOP FACILITATION, AND STORIES: WHILE THEY WERE WAITING. By Fadi Skeiker. New York: Routledge, 2021; pp. 96 + xi.
I have a personal connection to Fadi Skeiker’s generative reflections on applied theatre work with Syrian refugees, …
MUKHRIJĀT AL-MASRAḤ AL-MIṢRĪ (1990-2010): DIRĀSA SĪMIYŪṬĪQĪYAH [Female Egyptian Directors (1990-2010): A Semiotic Study]. By Hadia Abd El-Fattah. Sharja: Arab Theatre Institute, 2019; pp. 277.
Female Egyptian Directors (1990-2010): A Semiotic Study by Hadia Abd El-Fattah offers an interesting encyclopedic take …
Introduction to Up There by Wael Kadour
Some 6.6 million Syrians have fled Syria since 2011 according to the UNHCR, a diaspora that has included established theatre makers. Many of these artists have found institutional support in Europe, resulting in …
By Matthew Randle-Bent
The Shiraz Arts Festival (1967-77) exerted a significant, yet under-appreciated, influence over the development of performance theory within the US academy. In a sense, the program presented annually in Iran exhibited the “broad spectrum” described by performance …
Theaters of Citizenship: Aesthetics and Politics of Avant-Garde Performance in Egypt. By Sonali Pahwa. Performance Works. Evanston, Il: Northwestern University Press, 2020.
Review by Suzi Elnaggar
Independent Scholar and Dramaturg
In a refreshing departure from the conventionally distinct genres of …
PLAYWRIGHT SHOWCASE. New Arab American Theater Works, Multiple authors. Readings directed by Sherrine Azab, project coordinated by Kathryn Haddad. New Arab American Theater Works, Minneapolis. April 1-2, 2023.
Reviewed by Katherine Hennessey
(Review edited by Edward Ziter)
New Arab …
By Jonathan H. Shannon
It is nearing midnight on a summer evening in 2016 as I walk up the steep cobblestone hill from the Tophane tram stop toward the Galatasaray High School. The evening is pleasant …
Introduction to It’s Only Funny with Stage Directions by Laila Sajir
By Andrew Goldberg
Following in the footsteps of actor-writers such as Michaela Coel (Chewing Gum) and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag) but with a voice distinctly her …
ENGLISH. By Sanaz Toossi. Directed by Knud Adams. Linda Gross Theater, Atlantic Theater Company. February 18, 2022.
Reviewed by Marvin Carlson, Graduate Center, CUNY
In the new globalized society, language is one of the most important tools anyone can utilize, …
First Down. By SEVAN. Directed by Johanna McKeon. Performed at 59E59, produced, and commissioned by Noor Theater, New York City. March 4, 2022.
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Wish You Were Here. By Sanaz Toossi. Directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch. Playwright’s Horizons, New York …
Drowning In Cairo. By Adam Ashraf Elsayigh. Directed by Sahar Assaf. Golden Thread Productions at Potrero Stage, San Francisco. April 8, 2022.
Reviewed by Samer Al-Saber, Stanford University
On the opening night of the world premiere of Adam Ashraf Elsayigh’s …
STORIES UNDER OCCUPATION AND OTHER PLAYS FROM PALESTINE. Edited by Samer Al-Saber and Gary M. English. In Performance. London: Seagull Books, 2020; pp 256 + xxxi
Reviewed by Zeina Salame, University of Vermont
Stories under Occupation and Other Plays from …
Birds Of A Kind. By Wajdi Mouawad. Directed by Robert Schuster. The Berliner Ensemble, Berlin. March 30, 2022.
Reviewed by Marvin Carlson, Graduate Center, CUNY
Probably the most popular contemporary author on the German stage at this moment is the …
