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WATCH A PREVIEW OF THE VEILED MONOLOGUES
The Veiled Monologues will be performed in English at St. Ann's Warehouse
WATCH A PREVIEW OF IS.MAN
Is.Man will be performed in English at St. Ann's Warehouse
Additional support for The Veiled Monologues and Is.Man provided by the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York.
Is.Man is presented in association with the Arab American Family Support Center.
THE VEILED MONOLOGUES | IS.MAN
Two New Plays written and directed by ADELHEID ROOSEN
English Language and American Premieres
Performed In Repertory
OCT 5 - OCT 14
$30 for each play | See both for $50
The Veiled Monologues and Is.Man bring audiences inside Islamic immigrant culture with their intimate portraits of Muslim women and men living in Holland. Intermixing live music, dance and film, Adelheid Roosen has transformed hundreds of personal conversations into two moving productions, to be performed in repertory and in English for the first time anywhere.
THE VEILED MONOLOGUES
"an hour and a half of stories and music...ending in ovations and a sense
of happiness." (De Groene Amsterdammer)
IS.MAN
"Theatre at its best and most beautiful…I left the theatre a broken man. Couldn't say a word for hours. Could not get the images, the music, the stories and the invocative Dance of Heavens…out of my head." (De Groene Amsterdammer)
Is.Man unveils the secretive world and complex motivations that underlie the tradition of honor killings in some Muslim societies. Based on her interviews with men convicted of the crime in Holland, Roosen has created "a gripping story" (De Telegraaf) about three generations of men struggling with namus, a family's honor in relation to the sexual integrity of its women, while living in a contemporary society. This compassionate play both startles and surprises. It will "destroy your hearts as the night progresses [and] …leave you shivering from head to toe." (De Groene Amsterdammer)
VOICES ON
Sun Oct 7
Thinkers, artists
and activists discuss immigrant
Lena Alhusseini -
Executive Director, The
Dalia Mogahed -
Executive Director, Muslim Studies, The Gallup Institute
Adelheid Roosen -
Writer and Director, Veiled Monologues and Is.man
Sheikh Reda
Assayyid Shata - Imam and lecturer, Masjid Al-Aman/Islamic Society
Jack Shaheen –
Filmmaker
Andrea Elliott - Moderator, Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist, The New
York Times
TO LEARN MORE: contact MARILYNN@STANNSWAREHOUSE.ORG
MEET THE DIRECTORS: Adelheid Roosen
Tue Oct 9
Following the 8PM performance of The Veiled Monologues
Thu Oct 11
Following the 8PM performance of Is.Man
TO LEARN MORE: contact MARILYNN@STANNSWAREHOUSE.ORG
HEAR WHAT AUDIENCES AND CRITICS ARE SAYING
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Time Out New York
Is.Man Review - FOUR STARS
"...Roosen confronts us with intransigent, ugly, frustrating differences. I walked out frothing. Now that’s political theater."
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THEATERMANIA.COM
Veiled Monologues Review
"The image many Westerners have of Muslim women is of repressed females dominated by a strict patriarchal culture that literally forces them to hide behind a veil. But many of these tales counter that simplistic view, showing the joys these women take in their sexuality and the freedom they have found within the confines of their religious and cultural upbringing."
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IS.MAN Audience Feedback
"This type of work is the reason why live theatre is still relevant. The information gets transmitted and the message, vision, story or whatever is received first hand and deeply. The story telling was terrific and a pleasure to watch. It was not over the head preaching but a more subtle way of communicating, allowing our own brains to play along and discover whatever the piece was trying to convey. And the post show q and a section with the exceptional director and writer of the piece was a real treat. Great work. Both, my brain and my heart have opened more because of it. Thank you."
- Ernesto, 35, from Brooklyn, NY
"Thought provoking and powerful...The whirling Dervish was incredible!"
- Andrea, 56, from Manhattan, NY
"Wonderful performance by Idilbi. Enjoyed musician very much as well. Strong piece. Left me with all kinds of feelings - more understanding but also more anger. What a subject!"
- Lynne, 61, from Manhattan, NY
Veiled Monologues Audience Feedback
"The actresses, the content of the performance as well as the music were all phenomenal. A wonderfully intimate glimpse into the lives of the women who agreed to be interviewed. It was a privilege to experience this performance."
- Debra, 43, from Syracuse, NY
"Rivetting, honest and thought-provoking"
Bob, 68, from Bayside, NY
"Really powerful...it was both wrenching and illuminating to hear their stories..."
Karen, 41, from Brooklyn, NY
STEW
MAKING IT
6 Nights Only!
Feb 17 – 22St. Ann’s Warehouse is commissioning Making It, a new concert presentation by Passing Strange creators, Stew and Heidi Rodewald. The multimedia concert, devised by Stew and Heidi and conducted by Stew, is a rock show collage of song, text, and video. The show traces the unlikely careers of Stew and Heidi from the dive rock clubs of Hollywood to the footlights of Broadway — with Stew as your helpful guide to Making It.
