Monday,
June 13, 2005 - 7:30 PM
VERY SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY hear some of the luminaries of American theatre speak, eat and support the Al-Rowwad Palestinian Children's Theater journey from a Palestinian refugee camp to stages across America. SALAAM Theatre
Kathleen
Chalfant,
Tony Kushner,
Denis O'Hare, Danny Hoch, Malachy
McCourt, Andre Gregory, Anne Waldman, Kia Corthron,
Robert O'Hara, Betty Shamieh
BEAUTIFUL
RESISTANCE
Taking place courtesy of THAW Member Theater Nevada Shakespeare Company during a dark night of their run of A Single Woman, the BEAUTIFUL RESISTANCE BENEFIT features an array of acclaimed playwrights, poets, theater performers and musicians, all in support of this extraordinary troupe of young people. *** Music Performances*** Readings ***Drinks ***Hors-d'oeuvres***Silent Auction*** Scheduled Benefit performers include: Tony Kushner, NPR's Bob Holman, Denis O'Hare, Henry Chalfant, Anne Waldman, Kia Corthron, Betty Shamieh, Juliana Francis, Geeta Citygirl, Matana Roberts, Alan Licht, Mahina Movement, Paul Brill, Maysoon Zayid and Nibras' Leila Buck and Najla Said, Nathalie Handal, Adam Matta, Betsy Andrews, Brian Satz & Jose Joaquin Garcia Silent Auction items include gift certificates to performances at SoHo Rep; Artwork by Richard Foreman, Vanessa Roe, Heidi, Elbow Toe; Dinners for two at Restauarant Florent, Aliseo, Read Café, Amorina; Sessions at the Pilates Garage and more. WHERE: THE CULTURE
PROJECT @ 45 Bleecker
ADMISSION:
$30 advance reservation; $35 at the door --
ADVANCED
RESERVATIONS can be made by
For more information: 1 (212) 615 6964 SUBWAYS:
In late June 2005, the Al-Rowwad theater company, based at the Aida Refugee Camp outside Bethlehem, will be coming to the U.S. for a 4-city tour. Al-Rowwad's Founder and Director Dr. "Abed" Abu-srour uses the creative arts, or "a beautiful resistance, " as he puts it, to help children whose lives are shattered by war and occupation -- truly a concrete example of "theaters working against war" happening on the very frontlines of violence. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and supporter of the Benefit, Tony Kushner echoes Abed in maintaining that, "Central to Al-Rowwad's curriculum is the idea that peace and hope must rule the children's lives, and that opposition to oppression must be creative non-violence, a 'beautiful resistance.' " Kushner was joined by fellow playwrights Naomi Wallace, Lisa Schlesinger, Kia Corthron, Robert O'Hara and Betty Shamieh on an extensive visit to the camp in 2002. Al-Rowwad's U.S. tour is a modest but concrete step forward in the process of building peace in the Middle East and overcoming the harmful stereotypes that the conflict has created. The NYC leg of their tour is scheduled for June 18 through June 23 and is made possible through the combined efforts of theater artists, grassroots activists and community supporters. For more information about the Al-Rowwad NY-area Tour, see http://www.THAWaction.org <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
SALAAM Theatre is a proud member of THAW SALAAM Theatre is a not-for-profit professional theatre company celebrating South Asian American artistic excellence through creative risk-taking and experimentation that challenges all boundaries, connects all peoples and links all the arts in the spirit of progressive solidarity. Geeta
Citygirl, Artistic Director
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