My Name is Rachel Corrie Talkback on Israel/Palestine

Daniel Levy (Senior Fellow & Director of Prospects For Peace Initiative at The Century Foundation), Afif Safieh (Head of the PLO Mission to the U.S.) and My Name is Rachel Corrie co-editor Alan Rickman, will discuss the current political realities of the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict for the November 21st Tuesday Talkback. Moderated by Jamil Dakwar (Senior Human Rights Attorney for the ACLU) this panel discussion will occur following the 8pm performance of My Name is Rachel Corrie as part of its ongoing series.

The Talkback will include both a discussion between the panelists and questions from the audience.  According to Cathleen McGuigan of Newsweek My Name Is Rachel Corrie is particularly suited to talkbalks.  McGuigan said, "Here is a play where the real dialogue begins when the curtain comes down." 

My Name is Rachel Corrie was originally produced at London's Royal Court Theatre, where it opened in April 2005 and returned for an encore engagement in October 2005.  In Spring 2006, it played for nine weeks at the Playhouse Theatre in London's West End.  Compiled from writings left behind in the diaries, letters and e-mails of American activist Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old protester who was killed by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza in 2003, My Name is Rachel Corrie chronicles the human, social and political evolution in the life and controversial death of a young woman.  

My Name is Rachel Corrie has extended its limited run through December 30th. Tickets are available through ticketmaster.com at 212-307-4100 or at the Minetta Lane Theatre box office (18 Minetta Lane, just off Sixth Avenue) in person or at 212-420-8000.   For more information, go to www.mynameisrachelcorrie.com.