GRANADA
by Avi Glickstein
Directed by
Jessica Brater
Dramaturgy by Miriam Felton-Dansky
Produced by
Catherine Wallach and Polybe + Seats
"Arousing visceral connections to historical events and cultures, Polybe
+ Seats adeptly ventures into explorations of identity. ...Polybe +
Seats launches Granada in a storytelling tour-de-force ...[an] explosion
of artistic expression." -
Theater Online
"If you want to support an experimental
theater company, Granada is the perfect opportunity and the price is
right." - Pataphysical Science
Cast: Elaine O'Brien, Sarah Sakaan, Indika Senanayake*, Lindsay Torrey*,
Jill Usdan, Ari Vigoda
Lighting Design by Natalie Robin assisted by Marika Kent
Set and
Costume Design by Peiyi Wong assisted by Beven Dunbar
Original Music by
Anna Levenstein
Stage Management by Donald Butchko* assisted by
Dinah Finkelstein
*indicates member of Actors' Equity.
1158: Moses Maimonides flees Spain, dies in Cairo in
1204.
1492: Ferdinand and Isabella evict all Jews from Spain.
1992: Maimonides returns
It's been 500 years since the Jews
were expelled from Spain, and the King is finally ready to make amends.
A lavish ceremony is held. A young Egyptian Jew with a notable lineage
arrives to take part. The young Prince poses for photos. The pomegranate
juice flows. But is this Spain? Is Spain populated by talking bears,
letters carried on the wind, resurrections of medieval philosophers ...
assassinations? This could very well be the beginning of the Messianic
Age.
Bringing together characters and stories from Sephardic Jewish folklore
and culture, Granada draws on a centuries-old tradition to create a
tender, bizarre, and funny look at a people separated by continents but
united by a state of exile.
Granada is Polybe + Seats' first commissioned play.
Press:
Theater Online
Pataphysical Science
The Forward
The New York Jewish Week
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