{"id":5916,"date":"2018-04-15T04:53:36","date_gmt":"2018-04-15T04:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/middleeastevents.com\/blog\/?p=5916"},"modified":"2018-04-15T04:53:36","modified_gmt":"2018-04-15T04:53:36","slug":"heather-raffos-noura-arrives-in-abu-dhabi-directed-by-nyu-abu-dhabis-joanna-settle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/heather-raffos-noura-arrives-in-abu-dhabi-directed-by-nyu-abu-dhabis-joanna-settle\/","title":{"rendered":"Heather Raffo’s Noura Arrives In Abu Dhabi, Directed By NYU Abu Dhabi’s Joanna Settle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Culminating its third season, The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) hosts the Middle East premiere of\u00a0Noura\u00a0<\/em>this May, a production directed by newly appointed NYUAD Associate Arts Professor Joanna Settle.\u00a0 This groundbreaking production of Heather Raffo’s thought-provoking play received broad acclaim in its recent world premiere produced by Washington DC’s Shakespeare Theater Company, in association with Octopus Theatricals.<\/p>\n

Award-winning playwright and performer Heather Raffo (9 Parts of Desire<\/em>) brings us the story of Noura and her husband Tariq \u2013 Iraqi immigrants in New York \u2013 as they welcome a special guest to their Christmas celebrations. But the arrival of this guest \u2013 Maryam, a young Iraqi refugee \u2013 changes the dynamic of the festivities, forcing Noura and her family to face old fears, and question who they have become and how they’ve got to where they are now.<\/p>\n

Noura<\/em>\u00a0is directed by Joanna Settle, who joined the NYUAD theater program as Associate Arts Professor of Theater in September 2017, as she makes her MENA directorial debut. Settle’s extensive career as a theater director includes the world premiere of Stew and Heidi Rodewald’s recent musical\u00a0The Total Bent<\/em>\u00a0in a twice-extended run at New York’s Public Theater, and she is set to premiere an opera with Opera Philadelphia later this year. Other credits include Winter Miller’s\u00a0In Darfur<\/em>\u00a0and the Finale of Suzan-Lori Park’s\u00a0365 Plays\/365 Days<\/em>. She also directed the world premiere of Heather Raffo’s celebrated\u00a0Nine Parts of Desire<\/em>\u00a0at Manhattan Ensemble Theater, and for subsequent productions at theaters and art museums around the US.<\/p>\n

Directing\u00a0Noura<\/em>\u00a0has been a gratifying process for Settle, who says: “I feel so fortunate to engage in a work rooted in family, feminism, and motherhood with my friend and collaborator of 13 years, Heather Raffo. The depth our relationship took this rehearsal process into genuinely personal terrain. It’s a very honest and personal work for us both. I’m deeply moved to have the opportunity to share it in my new home of Abu Dhabi.”<\/p>\n

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