Alaa Shehada WORKSHOP: Comedy as Community Resilience

  • April 9, 2024 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Freehold Theatre/ Lab Studio

    517 Maynard Avenue South
    Seattle, Washington 98104
Ticket Price $10.00-$50.00 This event is now over
Description

Comedy as community resistance.

Open to students, theatre practitioners, performers and artists, Alaa Shehada's workshop will be rooted TFT's method of developing dramaturgy, including comedy as a means of community resilience.  Alaa leads the workshop based on personal stories and experiences, revealing how comedy and satire provide unique forms of expression to capture the resilience and cultural resistance of Palestinians living under violent occupation, Israeli colonization and repression. Co-sponsored by Freehold Theatre.  

Date & Time

Tue, Apr 9, 2024 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Venue Details

Freehold Theatre/ Lab Studio

517 Maynard Avenue South
Seattle, Washington 98104 Freehold Theatre/ Lab Studio
Dunya Productions

Creating art and performance that will inspire and impassion our audience to engage with the global struggle for social and political justice. We seek to amplify the voices of the Middle East, North African, and Arab (MENAA+) people as well as other marginalized communities.


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