Queerness is a construct. So is language, and so is this play. Nothing about this performance is reliable. The performer questions gender, memory, sex, identity, and her relationship with Beirut — but gives no answers.
THIS IS NOT A MEMORIZED SCRIPT, THIS IS A WELL-REHEARSED STORY
Written and Performed by Dima Mikhayel Matta (Lebanon)
Directed by Noelle Ghoussaini
PRODUCTION
Andrew Agress, Literary Manager
Gavin Browning, Director of Public Programs & Engagement
Jessi Cotter, Production Manager
Jordan Fleming, Student Producer
Jim Petty with Five Ohm Productions, Audio Engineer
Kanika Vaish, Literary Manager
Ada Westfall, Sound Designer
FESTIVAL CO-FOUNDERS
Carol Becker, Dean of Columbia University School of the Arts
David Henry Hwang, MFA Theatre Program, Columbia University School of the Arts
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