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beautiful resistance

a new play by Magan Wiles

directed by Jackie Masei

produced by Meghan Maguire and Playback Workshop Theatre
featuring Shakira Gulam Mohammad, Jessica Laney, Luke Lindberg, George Malich, Sreeja Smith, and Magan Wiles
July 11th, 12th & 13th - Friday/Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 3pm
Saint Louis University in the Xavier Hall Theatre .
No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
For more information, directions, and ticket reservations, visit www.playbackworkshoptheatre.com
beautiful resistanceuses audience participation, improvisation, live music, as well as photos and videos shot in the West Bank, to give a new and personal perspective on the complicated issue of Israel’s occupation of Palestine. During beautiful resistance, we meet Skipper, a moon-walking Hamas fighter, and Fayrouz, a boy-crazy college girl living in the volatile world of Balata Refugee Camp. Their stories, and others, are told from the perspective of the narrator, a young St. Louisan who had never left the United States, nor considered herself an activist, prior to her trip to Palestine. beautiful resistance contains moderate violence and strong language; viewing is not recommended for children under the age of 12.
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For more information, or to schedule an interview with director Jackie Masei or playwrite Magan Wiles, please contact Magan at 314.773.2819 or email Magan at [email protected].

My Blog

I am in Palestine and this is not a dream

I am in Palestine and this is not a dream. I am sitting in a tent in the middle of the desert in the Middle of the East, where Arabic and tea is flowing like a river through clouds of smoke that linge...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:10:00 GMT

R.I.P. Skipper

So there was this skinny dude named Skipper who lived in Balata Refugee Camp. He had big huge dark eyes and always wore a baseball cap and a necklace with his friend's picture who died on it. He walke...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:07:00 GMT

Encounter at an Israeli Checkpoint

Underneath his green helmet, his eyes are clear and large and blue and when he tells me about seeing his little brother blown up by a suicide bomber, he does not look at me. "I'm so sorry," I say, and...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:03:00 GMT

what is beautiful resistance

What i mean by the term "beautiful resistance": Acts of will that lift us up and above our tendency towards mundanity and apathy; little points of light in the darkness; actions and moments that remin...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:25:00 GMT