Theater reading addresses international and environmental affairs

Voices From a Changing Middle East Reading Series, Fall 2011

Fri Oct 28 at 2:15 pm BOGED (Traitor) by Boaz Gaon and Nir Erez

Based on Ibsen's AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE Directed by Derek Goldman

Featuring Jeff Allin, Maboud Ebrahimzadeh, Mark Halpern, Laura C. Harris, Kathryn Kelley, Michael Kramer, Richard Pelzman, Micheal Tolaydo and Clark Young

In the Washington DCJCC Hyman S. & Freda Bernstein Library as part of our Tea@2 New Play Reading Series Tickets $5.00

A sudden chemical leak shakes up a small Southern town at the edges of the Israeli desert. The town’s Mayor is quick to explain that “the crisis is behind us” and that the neighboring industrial park, Eshel City, the economic lifeline of the town, will continue to expand despite “unpatriotic attacks” from environmental activists arguing against its expansion. Simon’s brother, Dr. Tommy Douany, knows the true price of Eshel City’s continued growth; that the factories polluting the town's aquifer indeed may lead to the poisoning of much of Israel's water supply. What begins as a family feud quickly turns into all out political war, threatening to rob Tommy of his reputation, livelihood, family and future. He will discover the true price of becoming a boged, An Enemy of the People.

Boaz Gaon is one of Israel's leading young playwrights, journalists and political activists. His adaptation of Return to Haifa was produced by the Cameri Theatre of Tel Aviv, and presented to wide acclaim as part of Theater J’s 2010-2011 season and its Voices From a Changing Middle East Festival focusing on “Portraits of Home,” a festival which also included Gaon's Argentina, which recently concluded a premiere run at the Haifa Theatre.

VOICES FROM A CHANGING MIDDLE EAST READING SERIES

Full Schedule:

This Fri Oct 28 at 2:15 pm BOGED (Traitor) by Boaz Gaon and Nir Erez Based on Ibsen's AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE (in the Washington DCJCC library)

Fri Nov 4 at 2:00 pm THE BIG BLUE TENT AND JEWISH DISSENT  by Robbie Gringras (in the Washington DCJCC library)

Sun Nov 6 at 9:30 am IN SPITTING DISTANCE  A monologue play by Taher Najib , English Translation by Ros Schwartz, from the French translation by Jacqueline Carnaud and Taher Najib.  (At Busboys and Poets in Hyattsville, MD)

Fri Nov 11, at 2:00 pm BEST FRIENDS  by Anat Gov translated by Anthony Berris (in the Washington DCJCC library)

Mon Nov 28 at 7:30 pm Portraits of Egypt  SUCH A BEAUTIFUL VOICE IS SAYEDA’S and KARIMA’S CITY by Yussef El Guindi (in the Washington DCJCC theater)