Gaza, Chicago, Ukraine…
Written by Nicholas Patricca and Cecilie Keenan
Performed by: Momina Shahzad, Kathy Scambiatterra
LAYLA the body washer (by Nicholas Patricca) is a performance piece written for two actors and a musician. The spare staging and poetic dialogue of the drama — echoing haiku and NOH theatre — portray two women experiencing loss and grief as they prepare the unnamed dead for burial in a war that never ends.
What Gives (by Cecilie Keenan) — Chiraq or Gaza, women are on the front lines with their children. Something’s got to give. Who is it who gives? What Gives is an effort to bring a personal connection between us and them that has divided America.