FUTURES: An Anthology of Contemporary Arab Theater 

FUTURES: An Anthology of Contemporary Arab Theater 

Please join us to launch and celebrate this unique volume of plays by outstanding authors from Lebanon, Palestine, Tunisia, Morocco and Syria, translated to English by distinguished writers and artists. The event includes readings by NYC-based actors of short excerpts from three of the plays, followed by a hybrid panel conversation with editors Yasser Abu Shaqra and Agnes Borinsky, along with contributors to the anthology.

Playwrights
Arzé Khodr (Lebanon), Author, "Sometimes we remember..."
Leila Toubel (Tunisia), Author, "Yakouta"
Yasser Abu Shaqra (Palestine/Syria), Author, "Left Out Gone Bad"; Co-Editor, FUTURES: An Anthology of Contemporary Arab Theater (53rd State Press, 2025)

Actors
Ramsey Faragallah
Haneen Arafat Murphy
Caitlin Nasema Cassidy
Peter Ganim
Casey Fanous

Directed by
Agnes Borinsky, American Playwright and Author; Co-Editor, FUTURES: An Anthology of Contemporary Arab Theater (53rd State Press, 2025)

Panelists
Arzé Khodr, Author, "Sometimes we remember..." (will join remotely)
Yasser Abu Shaqra, Author, "Left Out Gone Bad"; Co-Editor, FUTURES: An Anthology of Contemporary Arab Theater (53rd State Press, 2025) (will join remotely)
Nazareth Hassan, Writer, Director and Musician (will join remotely)
Agnes Borinsky, American Playwright and Author; Co-Editor, FUTURES: An Anthology of Contemporary Arab Theater (53rd State Press, 2025)

Moderated by
Catherine Coray, Arts Professor (ret.), NYU Tisch School of the Arts; Affiliate Producing Director, Noor Theatre

Curated by
Catherine Coray, Arts Professor (ret.), NYU Tisch School of the Arts; Affiliate Producing Director, Noor Theatre
Agnes Borinsky, American Playwright and Author; Co-Editor, FUTURES: An Anthology of Contemporary Arab Theater (53rd State Press, 2025)
May Treuhaft-Ali, Director of Communications & Community, Noor Theatre

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