My Name is Rachel Corrie, which was adapted from Rachel’s writings by by Alan Rickman and Katharine Viner will be part of the Contemporary American Theater Festival at Think Theater in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. It will be performed from July 5 through July 29.

CATF Producing Director Ed Herendeen writes of the festivals current offerings: “Ideas are powerful – but stories are more powerful. Lee Blessing, Rachel Corrie, Richard Dresser and Jason Grote are contemporary storytellers with original voices and independent spirits. Their voices will broaden our minds by engaging, inspiring and ultimately connecting us with the power of their stories. They can help us to formulate questions that will stimulate a conversation and dialogue throughout our community.”

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• To learn more about the festival, click here.

Inquiries to perform the play can be directed to:

In North America:
Robert Lewis Vaughan
Director of Professional Rights
DRAMATISTS PLAY SERVICE, INC.
vaughan@dramatists.com
212-683-8960

For the rest of the world:
Howard Gooding
Judy Daish Associates
2 St Charles Place
London W10 6EG
Tel: 020 8964 8811

howard@judydaish.com

By Fawaz Turki
Special to Gulf News
A three-hour ride on the Metroliner from Washington, my hometown, to New York will get you to Gaza. Well, not quite. But the ethos of that tormented strip of land, whose suffering is beyond all rational understanding, is so compellingly evoked on the stage of the off-Broadway Menetta Lane Theatre, that you think you’re there.

The play, My Name Is Rachel Corrie, a riveting one-woman show, is the story of Rachel Corrie, the young, all-American youngster who was crushed to death 3 years ago, at age 23, under an Israeli bulldozer as she tried to shield a Palestinian home from demolition, one of 3,000 homes destroyed by the Israeli military in the Rafah region of Gaza between 2001 and 2003. (read the full article here)

A monologue fashioned from the words of a woman killed in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict creates drama on-stage and off

WEB-EXCLUSIVE COMMENTARY
By Cathleen McGuigan
Newsweek

Oct. 16, 2006 - Do you remember the name Rachel Corrie? Maybe not. She was a 23-year-old American peace activist killed by an Israeli Army bulldozer as she tried to block the destruction of a Palestinian’s house in Gaza in March 2003. She became more than a footnote in the Middle East conflict when her own words—from her journals and e-mails—were shaped into an award-winning one-actor play in London called “My Name is Rachel Corrie.” But when the show’s U.S. opening last spring was cancelled at the New York Theater Workshop (best known for spawning the musical “Rent”), a controversy erupted. The theater’s artistic director had made his decision after talking to leaders in the Jewish community; he later told The New York Times, “It seemed as though if we proceeded, we would be taking a stand we didn’t want to take.” The London producers called the cancellation “censorship.” (more…)

Currently, the Royal Court Theatre holds the rights to performing “My Name is Rachel Corrie”. If you would like to get in touch with the Royal Court Theatre to discuss performing the play in your town, please contact

Diane Borger - dianeborger@royalcourttheatre.com

Looking for the script of “My Name is Rachel Corrie”?  Look no further.  Here are a few ways to obtain your copy today!
Rachel’s Words - “My Name is Rachel Corrie” at RachelsWords.com
Powell’s Book Store - “My Name is Rachel Corrie” at Powells.com
Amazon.com - “My Name is Rachel Corrie” at Amazon.com