French Algeria was a hybrid of Eastern and Western cultures that fascinated some of the most important writers and artists of the twentieth century, including Albert Camus, Jean Genet, and Jean-Paul Sartre. In 1848, Algeria was made part of France. It was the first colonization of an Arab country since the Crusades, and hundreds of thousands of Europeans immigrated and settled there. The Algerian War for Independence began over a hundred years later in 1954.
The Strangest evokes that cultural hybridity, mixing oral Arab storytelling techniques with Western theatrical practices of multi-character scenes in a way that illuminates the strengths and similarities of both those performance traditions.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
THURSDAY thru TUESDAY @ 7:30 PM
SUNDAY @ 5 PM
Age Guidance: 16
Show Notes: No Intermission
Director
May Adrales
Written by
Betty Shamieh