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French 148c
A Harvard Romance Languages and Literatures course
presents
Incendies by Wajdi Mouawad
(in French with English super-titles)
starring:
Juliette Cremel, Alistair Debling, David Leeds, Sophia Lugo, Kajsa Mayo, Juan Miramontes, Matthew Mollerus, Laura Trosser, Linda Trujano
Directed by: Sylvaine Guyot
Assistants : Amanda Gann and Jeremie Korta
Free and open to the public.
Wednesday MAY 7, 2014 @ 7:30 PM
Farkas Hall, 12 Holyoke St, Cambridge, MA
Incendies
Incendies is a modern tragedy by Wajdi Mouawad chronicling the journey of twins Jeanne and Simon as they attempt to unravel the mystery of their mother's life. Her death will set in motion a series of events that will take the twins to the Middle East in pursuit of the stifling truth of their tangled roots.
Wajdi Mouawad
Wajdi Mouawad is a Lebanese-Quebecois playwright, performer and director, who is a major figure of contemporary theatre. Using art as resistance to the devouring violence of history, his work offers a profound reflection on exile, collective memory and contacts between different cultures.
This event is made possible by: The Elson Family Arts Initiative.
Special thanks to: The Office for the Arts.
French 148c aims to help students understand and experience theater as a form of physical expression related to an historical context and social codes of representation.