HowlRound and LA Writers Center Present A Live Online Event THE VOICES OF AFGHANISTAN

The monologues will be read by Afghan and Afghan-American actors including Leena Alam, Sadam Wahidi, and Buck Hujabre.

By: Sep. 22, 2021

 

LA Writers Center presents a free online reading of "The Voices of Afghanistan" conceived and compiled by Che'Rae Adams written by Che'Rae Adams, Jon Bastian, Jon Imparato, Brandon Jones, Angeline Larimer, Caitlin Mayernik, Abdul-Khaliq Murtadha, Jaymes Poling and Amy Raasch which will live stream on the global, commons-based, peer-produced HowlRound TV network at Howlround.tv beginning Friday October 29th 2021 at 11 a.m. PDT (San Francisco, UTC-7) / 1 p.m. CDT (Chicago, UTC-5) / 2 p.m. EDT (New York, UTC-4).

LA Writers Center presents "The Voices of Afghanistan" designed to amplify Afghan stories

"The Voices of Afghanistan" is a project that felt was necessary and inevitable due to the unrest in Afghanistan. Writers are putting together a verbatim theatre piece. They are interviewing Afghan and Afghan-American citizens, Afghan war veterans, and artists about the situation over there and how it has affected their lives and the lives of their loved ones.

The monologues will be read by Afghan and Afghan-American actors including actors include Leena Alam, Jon imparato, Abdul-Khaliq Murtadha, Buck Hujabre, Mueen Jahan, Jaymes Poling, and Donna Simone Johnson among others.

Learn more at http://www.lawriterscenter.org/the-voices-of-afghanistan.html

https://howlround.com/happenings/livestreaming-voices-afghanistan

 

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