Lady Liberty Theater Festival Announces Line-Up for 9-11 Free Staged Readings

Good Works Productions in association with Aizzah Fatima proudly present the line-up of plays that will be part of The Lady Liberty Theater Festival's 9-11 Free Staged Readings, dedicated to the memory of Captain Humayun Khan.

The readings will take place on Sunday, September 11th starting at 12:00pm at Urban Stages (259 West 30th Street, New York, NY 10001). The day will commence with an interfaith prayer and moment of silence for 9-11 victims, and culminate with a reception and signing of a condolence card for the Khan Family.

Captain Humayun Khan was an American citizen of Pakistani descent, and an officer in the United States Army who was killed in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. His name came to national attention during the 2016 presidential campaign as an example of Muslim Americans serving in the military. His father Khizr Khan delivered a speech repudiating Donald Trump's views on Muslim immigration at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. Khizr's wife and Humayun's mother, Ghazala Khan, stood with him on the podium as he spoke. She later on wrote a column for The Washington Post which will be read as part of the 9-11 Free Staged Reading opening ceremony: "Trump criticized my silence. He knows nothing about true sacrifice".

THE 9-11 FREE STAGED READING LINE-UP:

OPENING CEREMONY

12:00pm

Opening interfaith prayer and moment of silence for 9-11 victims, dedication of the performances to the memory of Captain Humayun Khan. Aizzah Fatima will read Ghazala Khan's Washington Post column: "Trump criticized my silence. He knows nothing about true sacrifice".

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
Written and directed by Monica Bauer.

12:15 pm

The shock of September 11th: two lonely people meet two weeks after the Twin Towers fall, and one of them is desperate to marry immediately, to "anyone who could love me back."

ABRAHAM'S DAUGHTERS

Written by Emma Goldman-Sherman; Directed by Lorca Peress.

12:30 pm

The story of Abraham introducing his Jewish-American family to his Palestinian-Muslim family in the midst of the 1993 Intifada.

WHAT THEY HEARD

Written by Mona Mansour; Directed by Kareem Fahmy.

2:15pm

What happens when a young Arab girl recites the Pledge of Allegiance in the language of Islam?

Anne Frank IN THE GAZA STRIP

Written by Monica Bauer; Directed by Kareem Fahmy.

2:30 pm

A play within a play within a play; what happens when a young Arab girl thinks she's the reincarnation of Anne Frank, and starts speaking in Dutch to her Israeli captors?

THE TROUBLE WITH MUSTARD GREENS

Written by Maximillian Singh Gill; Directed by Joan Kane.

4:00 pm

A traditional recipe helps a young Indian woman reconcile with her mother.

THE HIGHER EDUCATION OF KHALID AMIR

Written by Monica Bauer; Directed by Glory Kadigan.

4:15 pm

A wild comic farce about terrorism, when the dumbest FBI agent in the world pursues a gay, cross-dressing Arab Studies professor, as the Mad Burka Army tries to ineptly terrorize the United States by burka-ing the Statue of Liberty!

Following this reading will be the closing reception and signing of a condolence card for the Khan Family.

Tickets to all readings are free. For more information visit www.ladylibertytheaterfestival.com

The Lady Liberty Theater Festival takes place September 7th through the 25th, 2016 at Urban Stages, located at 259 West 30th Street, New York, NY 10001.