Painting in Public, written by Novid Parsi, is part of the first Midwestern Festival of New SWANA (Southwest Asian and North African) Plays, hosted by New Arab American Theater Works at Open Book Performance Hall in Minneapolis. The play follows Ali, an Iranian American data worker, and Betty, a Black American visual artist, who find each other amid personal loss and fall in love—until Betty discovers that Ali's ethnicity sometimes mysteriously changes. The festival showcases six new works by Midwestern SWANA playwrights, including Alexander Attea, Kayla Karnesky, Zeyy Fawaz, Zainab Hussein, and Sana Wazwaz, directed by Lebanese American theater artist Sherrine Azab. Each reading is followed by a 20-minute talkback facilitated by members of the SWANA community.
Cast and Creative Team for Painting in Public at Open Book Performance Hall
Cast
Hanen Bouchrit
Ensemble
Taous Khazem
Ensemble
Shavunda Brown
Ensemble
Amir Shereef
Ensemble
Bahdoon Ahmad
Ensemble
Michael Quadrozzi
Ensemble
Kayla Karnesky
Ensemble
Ifrah Mansour
Ensemble
Alexander Attea
Ensemble
Tony Larkin
Ensemble
Nader Helmy
Ensemble
Christine Harb
Ensemble
Joey Haddad
Ensemble
Wasima Farah
Ensemble
Leor Benjamin
Ensemble
Zeyy Fawaz
Ensemble
Noor Adwan
Ensemble
Bruce Abas
Ensemble
Aamera Siddiqui
Ensemble
Creative Team
Fouzi Slisli
Discussion Moderator
William Nour
Discussion Moderator
Michelle Baroody
Discussion Moderator
Christine Harb
Discussion Moderator
Joe Farag
Discussion Moderator
Layla Assamarai
Discussion Moderator
Gianna Haseman
Stage Manager
Kathryn Haddad
Artistic and Executive Director
Sherrine Azab
Director
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