Title, Premiere and Location
Ghurba
September 9 - 26, 1993
Studio 1340, Macgowan Hall, UCLA
Written By
Written, Composed, and Directed by Shishir Kurup
Synopsis
GHURBA is a play by Shishir Kurup based on stories of the Arab experience in Los Angeles, told through interviews with local residents citywide; an event of the Los Angeles Festival. Arab-Americans, Los Angeles (population: 250,000)
--Produced with members of the Arab-American community at UCLA as an event at the Los Angeles Festival, Ghurba included languages, songs, rituals and even food from the many homelands of the participants.
Staff
Sandy Abbott - Dresser
Hana'a Al Wardi - Visual Art Display
John Amirkhan - Electrician
Gregor Aslanian - Galabiah Builder
Saleem Azzouqa - Community Liaison/Co-choreographer
Jay Buol - Intern
Benjah Cobb - Technical Assistant
Michael Cousins - Carpenter
Ed DeShae - UCLA Facility Manager
Susan Doepner - Costume Designer
Raed Elayoi - Projectionist
Chris Galaske - Carpenter
Michael Garrett - Projectionist
Leon Garrett II - Sound Board Operator
Lisa Gemmaway - Dresser
Stephen Gutwillig - Executive Producer
Jennifer Hutchinson - Intern
Lynn Jeffries - Co-Set Designer
Shishir Kurup - Director
Marty Langley - Master Electrician / Light Board Operator
Page Leong - Assistant Director/Choregrapher/Dramaturg
David Markowitz - Music Director/Composer
Angela Massel - Assistant Stage Manager
Heather Mathis - Assistant to the Producer
Linda Million - Fluka Seamstress
Assem Omar - Graphic Designer
Christian Osborne - Sound Designer/Composer
Carol Quinn - Intern
Jill Ragaway - Stage Manager
Sam Sako - Production Photographer
Douglas D. Smith - Co-Set Designer/Lighting Designer/Tech. Director
Maggie Stewart - Props Mistress/Asst. to the Tech Director
Leslie Tamaribuchi - Producer
Kimberly Zerbey - Intern
Cast
Ismael Kanater |
Old Man, Taleb, Hazin |
Ahmed Ahmed |
Boy, Abdallah, Jenin |
Benajah Cobb |
Vendor |
Rana Sallakian |
Jenin |
Danielle Sallakian |
Singing Woman, Wailer |
Saleem Azzouqa |
Singing Man, Wailer |
Tamadhur Al Aqeel |
Sensual Woman, Jenin |
Pauline Guld |
Isabelle, Wailer |
Ashby Semple |
Intellectual Woman |
George Haddad |
The Comic, Jenin |
Page Leong |
Tattered Woman |
Samira Haddad |
Hajar Jenin |
Nabil E. Nassar |
Abbas, Jenin |
Melisse Bouziane |
Rabiya |
Musicians |
Musicians |
George Haddad |
Oud |
David Markowitz |
Violin, Keyboards, Sax |
Arlita Stephens Roghani |
Tabla, Dumbek, Tar |
Fred Samia |
Oud |
Comments by cast, crew, and other participants.
Subsequent Performances or Productions
Special Notes
Articles, Reviews, and other Links
Poster:
Program:
Daily News article:
Interview with Writer, composer, and director Shishir Kurup:
http://articles.latimes.com/1993-09-05/entertainment/ca-31979_1_shishir-kurup
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