Middle Eastern American Theatre explores the burgeoning Middle
Eastern American theatre movement with a focus on Arab American,
Jewish American, Armenian American, Iranian American, and Turkish
American theatres, playwrights, directors, and actors. By exploring
the rich religious and cultural heritage of this diverse group -
which includes Arabs, Armenians, Iranians, Jews, and Turks - and
religions that include the Baha'i faith, Christianity, Chaldean,
Druze, Ishik Alevism, Judaism, Islam, Mandaeism, Samaratin,
Shabakism, Yazidi, and Zoroastrianism - the rich and paradoxical
nature of the term 'Middle Eastern' is interrogated through the
dramas written and performed by those in the Diaspora. Featuring a
clear introduction and examination of the context and the various
push and pull factors that have contributed to the mass migrations
to North America - including the so-called "Great Migration" of
1890-1915, the Armenian Genocide, the European Holocaust, the two
world wars, the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, and other social and
political conflicts. With chapters devoted to Arab American,
Israeli American, Iranian American and Turkish American theatre,
Middle Eastern American Theatre traces the history and examines the
work of key artists and directors including Heather Raffo, Yussef
El Guindi, Jamil Khoury, Mona Mansour, Danny Bryck, Ken Kaissar,
Ari Roth, Torange Yeghiazarian, Reza Abdoh, Sedef Ecer, Torange
Yeghiazarian, of Golden Thread Productions, and Jamil Khoury, of
Silk Road Rising. The volume provides readers with a deeper and
more nuanced understanding of millions of Middle Eastern Americans,
and how they have contributed to American theatre today.
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