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Sat. May 22 7:00pm, Sun. May 23 4:00pm & 6:30pm
Al Khareef Theatre Troupe (Syria, West Coast debut)
The Solitary (U.S. Premiere)
Southside Theatre, Building D, Fort Mason Center

BOX-OFFICE: 800-838-3006
Presented by SFIAF & Golden Thread Productions in association with the Arab Cultural & Community Center & Thick Description

Al Khareef Theatre Troupe brings its award-winning play to the Bay Area. The Solitary is a fascinating piece of theatre that is as simple as it is profound. Situated in a single room it is the story of a political prisoner in solitary confinement and his relationship with his gaoler-the only person with whom he has any personal contact. From this simple idea Ramez Alaswad and Nawar Bulbul weave a subtle and complex story that mines the nature of power dynamics and personal relationships, evokes political intrigues and, by extension, comments on the growing rifts that exist in many Arab societies through the emergence of highly educated urban populations and governments still run on graft and cronyism.

The Al-Khareef Theatre Troupe performance of "The Solitary" on Friday May 21 at 9:00pm will now be a dress rehearsal. The public is welcome to attend, but tickets are no longer on sale. Patrons who have already purchased tickets to Friday's performance may either have their tickets refunded or switch them to a different performance.

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The Solitary (2008, U.S. Premiere)

Script
 Nawar BulBul
Ramez Alaswad

Director
 Ramez Alaswad

Actors
 Nawar BulBul
Ramez Alaswad

Al-Khareef Theatre Troupe

Al-Khareef Theatre Troupe is an independent theatre ensemble established in 2006 and directed by Ramez Alaswad and Nawar Bulbul. The company is based in Damascus - Syria. Al-Khareef makes work that is based on the actor, that focuses on the power dynamics between human beings, thought provoking subject matter and that has a social and political dimension. To counterbalance this the troupe tries to follow simplicity in its plays' ideas, but in an artistic context which has to be built on modern dramatic methods, which analyses and combines the facts of human lives and it's causes, results and details. The Troupe exists to experience and search for whatever is creative, innovative and original. (Al-Khareef means Autumn in English).

Funding Credits

These performances of The Solitary have been made possible in part by the support of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Western States Arts Federation's Tourwest program.

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