Post-show performance with special guest Marty Federman – Co chair, American Jews for a Just Peace, Boston
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Post-Performance Conversation with Jean Entine and John Roberts
Post-show talkback with special guests Jean Entine – Jewish Voice for Peace and John Roberts – Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights, Cambridge Bethlehem People to People Project, former Executive Director of ACLU Massachusetts.
Saturday Symposium: “The Transformative Potential of Theater & Art: How can the arts contribute to peacemaking?”
A pre-show discussion with special guests Al Miller – Founder of The Theater Project, Brunswick, Maine; former teacher/ administrator in Lebanon and Maura Clark – Has worked in Jordon and Egypt with teachers, using theater for civic engagement, and Deborah Nathan – Founder & Executive Director, Artsbridge, a program that uses art to bridge the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
Central Salon
Conversation with Central Square Theater leadership about the theater, with wine and cheese.
Palestine: A Special Benefit Performance
PALESTINE, written and performed by Fever Chart cast memberNajla Saïd, and directed by Sturgis Warner, was produced Off-Broadway earlier this year by Twilight Theatre Company in association with New York Theatre Workshop. It attracted worldwide attention and is now on tour. Najla Saïd was raised in a privileged environment on the Upper West Side. Her father was the eminent Palestinian Edward Saïd. Her mother is Lebanese. Her best friends growing up were Jewish.
PALESTINE is a personal journey from the “toniest private schools”, to the “stench of Gaza,” through two wars, the horrors of 9/11, encounters with the likes of Yasir Arafat, “cheeky” photographers and, of course, her esteemed family. Rich, honest, and very funny, PALESTINE is a compassionate look at the Middle East from another point of view.