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SUMMARY:\"The Land\" : Iraq/US theatrical collaboration; workshop prod
 uction presented by Fort Point Theatre Channel -- May 16-18, 2013
DESCRIPTION:Fort Point Theatre Channel presents The Land, a new play w
 ritten by Jessica Litwak, with Amir al-Azraki. Directed by Marc S. Mil
 ler, production design by Anne Loyer. Workshop performances: May 16-18
 , Thurs.-Fri. at 8 pm; Sat. 7 & 9 pm. Tickets: free, donations welcome
 .   The Land is a new play by Jessica Litwak, a U.S. playwright, wi
 th Amir al-Azraki, an Iraqi playwright. The first script collaborativ
 ely developed by U.S. and Iraqi theater artists, The Land is being wor
 kshopped as part of the development of the work toward future full pro
 ductions. The play is based on an idea by Litwak and al-Azraki.  The s
 tory for The Land merges the fantastic and the realistic as it moves a
 cross time and geography and traverses the worlds of the living and th
 e dead. It is a tragicomedy about two soldiers, one from Iraq and one 
 from the U.S. Although both have been killed, they come to see the hor
 ror and humor of their lives while a gravedigger poet buries them. As 
 the gravedigger rushes through his job, they go over their lives, from
  history to religion to the women they love and will miss. They come t
 o a reconciliation and are motivated to make peace in the afterlife. M
 eanwhile, their mothers, on opposite sides of the world, come to terms
  with sorrow, rage, and regret. They meet years later to ask each othe
 r: Is understanding possible? Is forgiveness possible? Is peace?  The 
 Land, part of the overall “Tamziq: Scattered and Connected” projec
 t, is being developed by Fort Point Theater Channel (FPTC) in conjunct
 ion with the Odysseus Project (www.odysseusproject.org) and the Willia
 m Joiner Center for the Study of War and Social Consequences (www.umb.
 edu/joinercenter). “Tamziq” means torn in Arabic and this multifac
 eted project serves as a conversation in art by Middle Eastern and Ame
 rican artists. \"Visitors will see art of profound beauty and artifact
 s that open windows on Islamic culture and Western perceptions of it.\
 " (Chris Bergeron, GateHouse News Service)  Anne Loyer, director of th
 e Odysseus Project and a member of the Fort Point Theatre Channel’s 
 (FPTC) artistic board, has organized and co-curated the “Tamziq” p
 roject, which is currently presenting the “Tamziq” exhibition at t
 he Arsenal Center for the Arts in Watertown, MA. The Fort Point Arts C
 ommunity (FPAC) and FPTC are supporting partners in this exhibit. Loye
 r conceived “Tamziq” to create opportunities for dialogue and exch
 ange with and within two communities: Iraqi refugees resettling in Mas
 sachusetts and U.S. veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.  FPT
 C’s workshop production of The Land features Ahmad Maksoud as the gr
 avedigger, Lisa Caron Driscoll as an Iraqi mother, Michael Dwan Singh 
 as her son, an Iraqi freedom fighter, Sally Nutt as an American mother
 , and Wilkinson Theodoris as her son, an American soldier.\n\nFor more
  information visit http://neighborsforneighbors.org/events/the-land-ir
 aq-us-theatrical-collaboration-workshop-production
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CATEGORIES:theater, performing, arts
LOCATION:10 Channel Center
WEBSITE:http://www.fortpointtheatrechannel.org
URL:http://www.fortpointtheatrechannel.org
CONTACT:617.750.8900
ORGANIZER:Fort Point Theatre Channel
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