Vanessa Redgrave calls the suspension of My Name Is Rachel Corrie an "act of political cowardice." No doubt about that. Tremendous pressure is being brought to bear on the New York Theater Workshop by the usual Zionist suspects -- and the truth needs to be heard. They can't bury her again.
Rachel's Words is a new effort to galvanize support for artistic integrity in New York, and to make sure that this play is seen by the many thousands who will undoubtedly buy tickets to learn more, argue, be challenged and even in spite of themselves. If Broadway wants to be more than the Lion King -- this is it! Word has it that a guerrilla premiere of the play is coming on March 22. For regular updates, sign up for the mailing list.
The Corrie family encourages public readings of Rachel’s powerful emails that she sent home during her time in Rafah, Gaza Strip. If your group is going to stage a reading, let them know and they will post that information on the site.
Walter Davis also wrote up an analsyis of the conflict over at Dissident Voice: The Play's the Thing: Censorship, Theatre and Ideology
This is important. Thanks for the tip, Burningman.
Posted by: Chris Anderson | March 08, 2006 at 06:17 PM
Well, not that the thea-tah is involved... action must be taken!
(I know, I know.)
Posted by: Rock the Cradle | March 08, 2006 at 08:34 PM
I am so happy to hear this news. I hope this works out.
Posted by: celticfire | March 08, 2006 at 11:08 PM
I'll definitely go to the event in Brooklyn.
This play is just meant for small budget productions anyway. There's only one actor and you don't need a lot of stage management.
It reminds me of "The Laramie Project" in some ways and can easily start popping up in small towns, in high schools, on college campuses, places where they wouldn't be able to stage a more complex production.
Posted by: srogouski | March 11, 2006 at 01:18 AM