On the road to Palestine: six American playwrights come upon the checkpoints--both military and metaphorical--that define the daily realities of Palestinian life.
American Theatre, July, 2003 by Wallace, Naomi
In June 2002, playwright Naomi Wallace traveled with British theatre director David Gothard to the Middle East. They met with Palestinian theatre artists in the Occupied Territories and set up meetings for a second trip that Wallace had, for years, been envisioning--one that would bring together a group of American playwrights and Palestinian theatre artists.
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In August 2002, that trip became a reality. Wallace, with the help of her friend Connie Julian, invited American playwrights Kia Corthron, Tony Kushner, Robert O'Hara, Betty Shamieh and Lisa ...
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