Dina Shihabi News

DTF opens its 39th Summer Season New Play Reading series with a new play by local favorite Theresa Rebeck. The play, Zealot, is a finalist for the Susan Blackburn Prize and is set at the British consulate in Mecca, where a tactical tea is interrupted by news of nearby violence. When a witness seeks asylum, a diplomatic battle of wits ensues, while a life hangs in the balance. The reading will star renowned actress Alfre Woodard and will be directed by award winning director John Doyle.

DTF opens its 39th Summer Season New Play Reading series with a new play by local favorite Theresa Rebeck. The play, Zealot, is a finalist for the Susan Blackburn Prize and is set at the British consulate in Mecca, where a tactical tea is interrupted by news of nearby violence. When a witness seeks asylum, a diplomatic battle of wits ensues, while a life hangs in the balance. The reading will star renowned actress Alfre Woodard and will be directed by award winning director John Doyle.

Brooke Ciardelli will direct a reading at The Public Theater, NY of a modernized, Arabic-American-Muslim- production of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge, almost fifty years after the first production premiered on Broadway.

Noor Theatre and the Persian Arts Festival present a benefit reading of Our Sweet Life by the Pacific Ocean from acclaimed writer and actor, Houshang Touzie. For the first time in English, the concert-style reading of this hilarious new play will open the 5th Annual Persian Arts Festival on Saturday, March 26th at 7:00 pm.

Noor Theatre and the Persian Arts Festival present a benefit reading of Our Sweet Life by the Pacific Ocean from acclaimed writer and actor, Houshang Touzie. For the first time in English, the concert-style reading of this hilarious new play will open the 5th Annual Persian Arts Festival on Saturday, March 26th at 7:00 pm.