To The Good People of Gaza

Jackie Lubeck, Samer Al-Saber
Paperback, 296 pages
9781350261815

Theatre for Young People

The first anthology of youth plays from Gaza and the wider Palestinian region, this timely collection ties together nineteen plays produced by Theatre Day Productions, one of the foremost community theatres in the Middle East. Written by playwright Jackie Lubeck, this collection responds to the siege on Gaza and the Israeli military operations from 2009 to 2014, reflecting how Gazan youth deal with trauma, loss and urban destruction.

In the nineteen plays within this anthology, the reader and theatrical producer witnesses experiences of a forgotten youth, besieged by a silent international community and a brutal wall. The plays are arranged into five different thematic series, which include family entanglements, loss and the fundamental goodness and resourcefulness of human beings.

Contents

Chapter 1: To The Good People of Gaza
Play #1: Blue
Play #2: Red
Play #3: White

Chapter 2: The Entanglement (15850)
Play #1: Grandfathers
Play #2: Mothers
Play #3: Brothers
Play #4: Sisters

Chapter 3: A Human Writes
Play #1: The Weavers
Play #2: The Electricians
Play #3: The Cooks

Chapter 4: Lost and Found
Play #1: The Room
Play #2: The Shop
Play #3: The School
Play #4: The Brother
Play #5: The Tree

Chapter 5: Thirteen Ways To Know A Black Bird
Play #1: One Thousand Questions
Play #2: The Snow Trip
Play #3: The Boys In the Mirror
Play #4: The Boys Who Can't Sit Still