Friday, August 22, 2025
- 5:30 PM - Pot luck: Grassman Hall Dining Room and Outdoor picnic tables
- 6:45 PM - Gather in Grassman Hall Auditorium
- Songs for Steadfastness (Sumud) and Peace- Terri Roben
- 7:00 PM: A Tapestry of Word and Music for Palestine
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Including staged readings presented by area theater artists who are part of the Creative Action Unlimited Social Justice Artist’s Collective and reflective musical interludes provided by Native American flautist, Eric Marczak who will be playing the traditional Armenian duduk as well as the Middle Eastern shepherd’s flute, the kaval.
Actors include: Debra Bercier, Amy Hauskenecht, Michael Kennedy, Tony Pallone, J.Scala and Dennis Skiba
Readings include selections from Carol Churchill’s play: Nine Jewish Children
The New Gaza Monologues from The ASHTAR Theater in Ramallah, Palestine
Original poetry by Sana Wazwaz- Palestinian Theater Artist, Writer and Activist
WELCOME: Maureen Aumand and John Amidon
INTRODUCTION to SEVEN JEWISH CHILDREN by Playwright Caryl Churchill: Maureen
PERFORMANCE: the Social Justice Artists Collective
SILENT REFLECTION accompanied by Eric Marczak
INTRODUCTION to “THE GAZA MONOLOGUES “
- Originally produced by the ASHTAR THEATRE in RAMALLAH, PALESTINE
- Performed Tonight by Actors inAssociation with Creative Action Unlimited
INTRODUCTION: Michael Kennedy
Quartet One:
- Alaa Hajjaj - Amy Hausknecht
- Tamer Najem - J Scala
- Ashraf A Sossi - Dennis Skiba
- Riham Hejjaj -Michael Kennedy
SILENT REFLECTION accompanied by Eric Marczak
Quartet Two:
- Rawand Ja’rour -Deb Bercier
- Mahmud Bala’wi -Scala
- Sami Al-Jarjawi- Dennis
- Mahmud Abu Shaa’ban -Tony Pallone
SILENT REFLECTION accompanied by Eric Marczak
Quartet Three:
- Heba Daou - Amy
- Mahmud El-Turk - Michael
- Ehab Alayan - Tony
- Yasmeen Ja’rour - Deb
SILENT REFLECTION accompanied by Eric Marczak
INTRODUCTION to Sana Wazwaz - John
POETRY READINGS - Sana Wazwaz
- “Starving Kids in the East;"
- "Ode to Aaron Bushnell and His Wax Wings”
- "I Drew During Your Lecture on Faulkner”
- "Leda, but Gazan."
A TALK BACK CONVERSATION - ALL