My Name is Rachel Corrie to Offer Tuesday Night Talkbacks

The producers of Off-Broadway's My Name is Rachel Corrie are pleased to announce a Tuesday Talkback series of panel discussions for ticketholders at each of the following 8 PM performances:

Tuesday, October 17 --- The Process of My Name is Rachel Corrie

Co-editors Katharine Viner, features editor of London's The Guardian, and Alan Rickman, who also directs, are joined by Cindy and Craig Corrie, Rachel's parents, Sarah Corrie, her sister, and the Royal Court Theatre's general manager, Diane Borger, to discuss the genesis and development of the play.

Tuesday, October 24 --- Political Journalism and Theatre

Columbia University/Graduate School of Journalism professor Alisa Solomon moderates a discussion with ABC News' anchor and reporter Dan Harris.

Tuesday, November 7 --- Playwrighting and Politics

Playwrights Tony Kushner, David Hare and Robert O'Hara.  Moderated by Gregory Mosher.

Tuesday, November 14 --- Solo Performance

Megan Dodds will be joined by other notable solo performers to discuss the challenges and triumphs of going it alone.

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, 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 is edited by Alan Rickman and Katharine Viner, in collaboration with the Royal Court Theatre's International Department and produced with the kind permission of The Corrie family.

The show received the 2006 London Theatregoers' Choice Award  for Best Play, Best Director and Best Actress.

Tickets are on sale through Ticketmaster.com at (212) 307-4100 or at the Minetta Lane Theatre box office at 18 Minetta Lane, just off 6th Avenue in Greenwich Village. Or call (212) 420-8000.

For more information, please visit mynameisrachelcorrie.com.