BroadwayWorld announces the launch of the Center for Palestine Studies new initiative, NO PLACE / LA MAKAN.
”NO PLACE/LA MAKAN will be a platform for Palestinian playwrights to explore contemporary themes through an historic medium of performance -- radio. For the inaugural 2021-2022 season, four plays have been commissioned from artists based in Palestine and in the diaspora, each of which will receive two world premieres in the form of dedicated Arabic and English productions. The 2021-2022 commissioned playwrights are: Khawla Ibraheem (London-Jenin), Ismail Khalidi (Tennis at Nablus, Returning to Haifa), Bashar Murkus (The Museum, Hash), and Dalia Taha (Graduation, Fireworks). Collectively, these writers have had works produced on some of the world's leading stages, including The Public Theatre (New York), the Young Vic (London), The Royal Court Theatre (London), and the Tokyo International Festival, as well as residencies with The Sundance Institute Theatre Lab and the MacDowell Colony.
The NO PLACE/LA MAKAN program will provide the opportunity for playwrights to develop their new work within a community of actors, directors, dramaturgs, scholars, and the other writers in their cohort. The writers will be joined by Artistic Advisors Selma Dabbagh (The Brick, BBC Radio 4; Sleep It Off, Dr. Schott, WDR Radio Germany) and Ahmed Masoud (Escape from Gaza, BBC Radio 4), who will support the artists in crafting their pieces for radio.”