The Siege: Performance & Post-Show Conversation

Date 

Add to My Calendar Saturday, October 21, 2017 7:30pm to 10:00pm

Location 

NYU Skirball Center
566 LaGuardia Place
New York, NY 10012

Following the October 21 performance of The Siege, CCR Staff Attorney Diala Shamas will participate in a conversation, “Practice Resistance” with Sarah Schulman (CUNY), David Zellnik (Break the Wall), and Nabil Al-Raee and Zoe Lafferty, co-directors of The Siege.

You can buy tickets for the performance and discussion on the NYU Skirball website. Students can enter "STUDENT" at checkout for $25 tickets, and  others can use the code "FRIEND" for a 2-for-1 discount.

The Siege is a passionate retelling of the story of the 2002 siege of Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, during the height of the second intifada. Drawn from interviews with survivors, it is told from the point of view of some of the armed Palestinian fighters who found refuge in the church. Along with 200 civilians, they were given sanctuary by the church’s resident priests and nuns and spent 39 days there with dwindling food, water and medical supplies. While the world watched, the fighters grappled with survival, ideology, and the decision to continue the struggle to the end, or surrender.

The Freedom Theatre, based in the West Bank refugee camp of Jenin, is dedicated to using culture and art as catalysts for social change. Through workshops, classes and professional theater productions, the company helps Palestinian adults, youth and women develop tools to deal with the hardships of daily life under occupation.

Every performance of The Siege will be followed by a post-show conversation, with guest artists, writers and educators, in conversation with Nabil Al-Raee and Zoe Lafferty, co-directors of The Siege. The North American premiere tour of The Siege is produced by ArKtype / Thomas O. Kriegsmann. It is performed in Arabic with English supertitles.
 

Last modified 

October 13, 2017