57 stories by "Nabra Nelson"
By Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson. Hosts Marina Johnson and Nabra Nelson talk about Egyptian playwright Tawfiq al-Hakim and his "unstageable" classic play People of the Cave.
By Nabra Nelson, Marina Johnson. Audiences pack houses to see stories about forbidden love.
By Nabra Nelson, Marina Johnson. ​​In this episode, hosts Nabra Nelson and Marina Johnson discuss the oldest surviving play, The Triumph of Horus.
By Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson, Jeries AbuJaber. How can theatre make an impact in moments of crisis?
By Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson, Erdem AvÅŸar. How can we think of queerness as a form of political intervention? In this episode, we talk with Erdem AvÅŸar about Turkish theatre, queer …
By Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson, Kareem Fahmy. This season, we have talked about what it means to create characters who break out of boxes and create new queer representations.
By Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson, Lama El Homaïssi, Sarah Bitar. This season, we further complicate notions of MENA womanhood by exploring the additional intersection of queerness in femme…
By Nabra Nelson, Marina Johnson, Zeyn Joukhadar, Raphael Amahl Khouri. MENA cultures are deeply familial with a strong connection to home, defined geographically and through close family bon…
By Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson, Mike Mosallam, Amin El Gamal. Film reaches a larger public than theatre due to the way it is produced and disseminated. In this way, it has a large and lasti…
By Nabra Nelson, Marina Johnson, Sivan Battat. Activism and storytelling often go hand in hand. What does it mean for queer art and activism to take center stage?
By Nabra Nelson, Marina Johnson, Hamed Sinno. Is art inherently political? Must artists consider sociopolitics in the development of their work? Hamed Sinno's art has been constantly and pub…
By Nabra Nelson, Marina Johnson, Bazeed ., Pooya Mohseni. Queer SWANA theatremakers are constantly breaking out of boxes. Even within queer and/or SWANA spheres, some artists are pushing bou…
By Nabra Nelson, Marina Johnson, Adam Elsayigh. In this episode, playwright and dramaturg Adam Ashraf Elsayigh joins co-hosts Nabra Nelson and Marina Johnson to unpack what it means to put q…
By Nabra Nelson, Marina J. Bergenstock, Raffi Feghali. In this special episode, Marina and Nabra sit down with Lebanese actor, theatremakers, and peacebuilder Raffi Feghali to talk about the…
By Nabra Nelson, Marina J. Bergenstock. To end the season, this episode will have Marina and Nabra sitting down to tea to talk about highlights from this season and what is to come in the fu…
By Nabra Nelson, Marina J. Bergenstock, Yussef El-Guindi, Leila Buck. As politicized ethnic groups, playwriting comes with a sense of responsibility and history for many MENA and SWANA write…
By Nabra Nelson, Marina J. Bergenstock, Denmo Ibrahim, Sarah Fahmy. Artistic identities can be complicated, and many theatremakers work equally within two or more disciplines simultaneously.…
By Nabra Nelson, Marina J. Bergenstock, Raymond Bobgan, Omar Kurdi. MENA artists continue to work hard to create representation in large theatrical arenas by pushing for their work to be pr…
By Nabra Nelson, Marina J. Bergenstock, Parmida Ziaei, Shadi Ghaheri. In the greater conversation about MENA or SWANA identity, many national and ethnic groups do not neatly fit into that c…
By Nabra Nelson, Marina J. Bergenstock, Arti Ishak, Yasmin Zacaria Mikhaiel. For artists, getting a quality review of their show is often critical to continued success. It can make or break …
By Nabra Nelson, Marina J. Bergenstock, Pirronne Yousefzadeh , Lia Fakhouri. Community engagement is more than a post-show talk or touring production.
By Nabra Nelson, Marina J. Bergenstock, Sahar Assaf, Zeina Daccache. Site-specific performances have the possibility to truly make all the world a stage.
By Marina J. Bergenstock, Nabra Nelson, Ahmed Masoud, Hanna Eady. Theatre is a powerful tool for political and community advocacy efforts.
By Marina J. Bergenstock, Nabra Nelson, Tracy Cameron Francis, BETTY SHAMIEH. Last season we talked about on-stage representation in contemporary theatre. But what does representation look l…
By Marina J. Bergenstock, Nabra Nelson. On this special episode of Kunafa and Shay, Marina and Nabra are joined by actor and activist Yousof Sultani, who discusses his experiences in the the…
