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Polybe + Seats Presents
Granada
Thursday, November 05, 2009 through Sunday, November 22, 2009
1158: Moses Maimonides flees Spain, dies
in Cairo 1204.
1492: Ferdinand and Isabella expel
all Jews from Spain.
1992: Maimonides returns.
Length: 2 hrs mins
Intermission: Yes
Seating: General Admission
You choose your seats when you get to the theater.
Polybe + Seats
presents
Granada
written by Avi Glickstein
directed by Jessica Brater
produced by Catherine Wallach and Polybe + Seats
Ensemble:
Elaine O’Brien
Sarah Sakaan
Indika Senanayake*
Lindsay Torrey*
Jill Usdan
Ari Vigoda
Set and Costume Design: Peiyi Wong assisted by Bevan Dunbar
Lighting Design: Natalie Robin assisted by Marika Kent
Sound Design: John D. Ivy
Dramaturgy: Miriam Felton-Dansky
Stage Manager/Associate Producer: Donald Butchko assisted by Dinah Finkelstein
Selected music performed by Anna Levenstein
*indicates member of Actors' Equity. Granada is an Equity-approved showcase.
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.
The Access Theater Gallery has limited accessibility. For accessibility information, please contact info@polybeandseats.org.
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