Performance Recorded on March 24, 2022 at the Hammer Theatre Centre, San Jose, CA.
Following each nights performance, there will be a special q+a. session
Q + A for Wednesday, March 23 following the 7:30pm live performance: Topic: The Creative Process of "Maryam" Guests: - Dalia Shakhtour and Rufaida Farraj, Palestinian actresses of "Maryam" - Hind Abu Shkhadim, Translator/Co-collaborator of "Maryam" (by zoom from Europe) - Dr. Victoria Rue, M.Div., rcwp, Director/Co-collaborator of "Maryam"
Q + A for Thursday, March 24 following the 7:30pm live performance and live-stream: Topic: "Maryam" and Palestinian Theatre in Context Guests: - Dalia Shakhtour and Rufaida Farraj, Palestinian actresses of "Maryam" - Dr. Samer Al Saber, Assistant Professor of Theatre And Performance Studies, and a member of the faculty at the Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE) and the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies at Stanford - Dr. Arthur Zarate, Assistant Professor of Global Humanities at SJSU - Dr. Matthew Spangler, Professor of Performance Studies, scholar, and an award-winning playwright at SJSU - Dr. Victoria Rue, M.Div., director of "Maryam," Emerita Lecturer in Comparative Religious Studies and Creative Arts, SJSU
Q + A for Friday, March 25, following the 7:30pm live performance and live-stream: Topic: Mary/Maryam in Islam and the Orthodox Christian Tradition Guests: - Dalia Shakhtour and Rufaida Farraj, Palestinian actresses of "Maryam" - Dr. Mahjabeen Dhala, Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies Director of Madrasa-Midrasha Program at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley - V. Rev. Fr. Samer Youssef, Doctor of Ministry, M.Div., Antiochian Orthodox Church of the Redeemer, Los Altos - Dr. Arthur Zarate, Assistant Professor of Global Humanities at SJSU - Dr. Victoria Rue, M.Div., director of "Maryam," Emerita Lecturer in Comparative Religious Studies