A play in 57 scenes, which must be played in order - but after that all choices (i.e. who says what lines, how many characters, what gender, bkgd, etc.) are to be made by the director or actors High stakes are apparent in all the scenes - even the shortest ones. Many scenes of the play seem to be about that struggle to take what's inside our heads and make another person understand it. The play asks us to consider how meaning is constructed and to participate in the process. The script has few stage directions, the characters are not gendered, the scenes can appear in a different order, and there are some random scenes which can be inserted anywhere in the play. This gives any director and company broad scope for creative input
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2012 Royal Court Theatre, London, UK
2013
Concord Theatricals
9781559364409
This play is written to be performed by any number of actors usually no more than 16 and no less than 8. Ethnicity, Gender, Age, etc. are unspecified and can be whatever the company chooses.
This play is written to be performed by any number of actors usually no more than 16 and no less than 8. Ethnicity, Gender, Age, etc. are unspecified and can be whatever the company chooses.
Realistic
A family drama with lots of humour shining a light on what it means to be a Muslim in modern America. Zarina is writing a potentially inflammatory novel about women and Islam. Her father sets up a date with a white convert believing she must marry soon. An intelligent and passionate play about intergenerational misunderstandings.
Realistic
Noor is the tale of three brothers attempting to rescue their sister Noor, who has been kidnapped during Ramadan. Each brother represents a different ideological position in the contemporary Islamic world that could be set in Baghdad but also Cairo, Karachi or Kabul. While exploring the crisis of modern Islam, Noor is a heartfelt treatise for religious tolerance.
