About the play:
Download (PDF) reviews of the play's premiere in Israel
For more information about the village of Sahmatah, and about Palestinian activism in Seattle, visit these links:
Download (PDF) reviews of the play's premiere in Israel
For more information about the village of Sahmatah, and about Palestinian activism in Seattle, visit these links:
Sahmatah was the name of one of over 500 Palestinian villages which were destroyed
by the founding of Israel in 1948. Some residents were driven out of the country;
some still live nearby, but are not allowed to return and rebuild their homes on
the hilltop where the village once stood.
In Sahmatah: Memory of Stones, a one-act play for two actors, an old man takes his grandson on a pleasant walk over a meadow of pine trees and scattered stones. But as they walk, the memory of the place rises from the ground itself, and grandfather leads his grandson through the appalling story of the destruction of Sahmatah, and of the people that once lived where nothing but pine trees grow now.
For reservations and information, call 206-774-6438 or e-mail newimagetheater(at)gmail.com.
In Sahmatah: Memory of Stones, a one-act play for two actors, an old man takes his grandson on a pleasant walk over a meadow of pine trees and scattered stones. But as they walk, the memory of the place rises from the ground itself, and grandfather leads his grandson through the appalling story of the destruction of Sahmatah, and of the people that once lived where nothing but pine trees grow now.
For reservations and information, call 206-774-6438 or e-mail newimagetheater(at)gmail.com.