This Time

Rising Circle Theater Collective presents a workshop of

THIS TIME

by Sevan Kaloustian Greene directed by Kareem Fahmy

Monday, November 12th @ 3:00 pm & 7:30 pm Tuesday, November 13th @ 7:30 pm

Theatre 54 @Shetler Studios: 244 W. 54th Street, 12th Floor (between Broadway & 8th Avenue)

Tickets are free! $10 suggested donation

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eaturing: Jaqueline Antaramian (The Public’s Urge for Going), Sarah Nina Hayon (Three-time Drama Desk Nominee, A Bright New Boise), Lanna Joffrey (Denver Center’s 1001), Roger Lirtsman (Woodshed Collective’s The Tenant), and Charles Socarides (Roundabout’s Sons of the Prophet) Scenic concept: Sarah Martin & Sara Nelson Sound design: Emily Auciello Stage Manager: Samantha Fremer Producers: Allison Bressi & David E. Bruin ________________________________________________________________________________

About the play: In 1960s Cairo, amidst the shimmering heat of a city pulsing with life, a passionate love affair blooms between Amal, a married Egyptian woman, and Nick, a visiting Canadian professor 10 years her junior. In a cold house in wintry Toronto, an older Amal is becoming a burden to her daughter Janine who is unsuccessfully trying to restart her life in middle-age. Both women get buried under the weight of the past in a tug-of-war that neither can truly win. With Amal’s past constantly banging at the front door, what is real and what is memory? Based on the memoirs of a woman who fought for her independence during the turning point of Cairo’s modern history, This Time traces the aftermath of her radical decisions while spying into her turbulent past.