New Plays From the Arab World: Forum

April 29, 2010 | Martin E. Segal Theatre, CUNY Graduate Center | NYC

WIth Elyse Dodgson, Mohammad Al Attar, Arzé Khodr, Kamal Khalladi, Laila Soliman, Imad Farajin, Dominic Cooke, & April De Angelis

Co-sponsored and copresented by the British Council, Royal Court Theatre in collaboration with the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, The Graduate Center, CUNY.

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A forum led by Elyse Dodgson with all five Arab writers featured in the presentations, discussing the dramatization of contemporary life in the Near East and North Africa region. They will also talk about the question of translation, with Dominic Cooke (Royal Court, artistic director), Elyse Dodgson (Royal Court, associate director international), and U.K. mentor playwright April De Angelis.