
{"id":695,"date":"2007-08-02T08:37:21","date_gmt":"2007-08-02T16:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/2007\/08\/02\/playmakers-to-explore-middle-east-conflict-with-drama-community-dialogue\/"},"modified":"2007-08-02T08:37:54","modified_gmt":"2007-08-02T16:37:54","slug":"playmakers-to-explore-middle-east-conflict-with-drama-community-dialogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2007\/08\/02\/playmakers-to-explore-middle-east-conflict-with-drama-community-dialogue\/","title":{"rendered":"PlayMakers to explore Middle East conflict with drama, community dialogue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/haj004.jpg\" height=\"323\" width=\"215\" \/><br \/>\n<em>PlayMaker\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s producing artistic director Joseph Haj. Photo Courtesy of UNC News Services<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>UNC News Services<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n<p>CHAPEL HILL \u00e2\u20ac\u201c  PlayMakers Repertory Company is seeking area residents with informed opinions on conflict in the Middle East to present their views in community discussions Sept. 12-16.<\/p>\n<p>The professional theater company in residence at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will host the discussions nightly on those dates after its performances of  \u00e2\u20ac\u0153When the Bulbul Stopped Singing,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d a play with a decidedly Palestinian point of view.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Individuals interested in being considered for the panel should contact Jeffrey Meanza, PlayMakers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 education and outreach director, by Aug. 17 at 962-2491 or meanza@email.unc.edu.<\/p>\n<p>PlayMakers will choose panelists so as to balance each night\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s presentations, making sure that diverse religious, cultural and political perspectives will be included. UNC experts also will participate. A moderator will facilitate respectful discussion.<\/p>\n<p>PlayMakers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 producing artistic director, Joseph Haj, will star as Palestinian human rights attorney Raja Shehadeh in the drama, to begin at 8 p.m. Sept. 12-15 and at 2 p.m. on Sept. 16, in the Elizabeth Price Kenan Theatre. The venue is inside UNC\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Center for Dramatic Art on Country Club Road.<\/p>\n<p>The 70-minute, one-man play presents Shehadeh\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s real-life experience of the Israeli siege in March 2002 of his city, the Palestinian community of Ramallah. Then individuals chosen for the panels will speak. Audience members are invited to stay for the panel and to ask questions and present their own opinions afterward.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153As a theater based at an academic institution, we have a responsibility to examine and wrestle with the complex issues of our day,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Haj said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We want to tell those stories, to put a human face on part of the conflict, and then to engage our community in an intimate dialogue, with the freedom to disagree.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153BulBul\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is the first of three plays in this year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153PRC2 Second Stage Series,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d each telling unique, real-life stories and followed by panel discussions. Lisa Kron will perform in her own, Obie Award-winning \u00e2\u20ac\u01532.5 Minute Ride\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (Jan. 9-13, 2008), a wry account of her trip with her father to Auschwitz, where his parents died. The world premiere of Mike Wiley\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Witness to an Execution\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (April 23-27, 2008) will explore death row in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Haj has had a similar theater experience with a play staged by a Jewish theatre group in San Francisco. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We met with an Israeli-Palestinian dialogue group,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Their central tenet was: \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcAn enemy is a person whose story you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>For information about tickets and subscriptions to the PRC series and PlayMakers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 2007-08 main-stage season, call 962-PLAY or visit www.playmakersrep.org.  Based in UNC\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s College of Arts and Sciences, PlayMakers is the Carolinas\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 oldest resident professional theatre company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PlayMaker\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s producing artistic director Joseph Haj. 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