U.S. Premiere of Gow's 'Arrivals' Begins February 8th
By: BWW News Desk Jan. 10, 2007
The US premiere of David Gow's new play Arrivals is set to play a limited engagement at Bank Street Theatre February 8th through March 10, 2007 at the Bank Street Theatre.
Produced by Bank Street Theatre Productions by Special Arrangement with Weissberger Theater Group, directed by Obie Award-winner Dan Wackerman/>, and with incidental music by Grammy Award-winner Jesse Harris, Arrivals is inspired by the recent string of detentions of people of Middle Eastern heritage.
"Arrivals tells the story of a Syrian born Canadian citizen who, having legally entered the US, is detained at Immigration by Homeland Security as a "person of interest." Stripped of his rights to defend himself or know the charges against him, the man relies on the heroic actions of his wife at home, as well as those of his lawyer, to fight against the unjust measures of a government they had once believed in. While diplomats quibble and security officers speak about the safety of the population, the man sits in a cell, civil liberties suspended, awaiting deportation to the land of his birth and certain torture. The play puts a very real and personal face on the political issue of extraordinary rendition and portrays the fears, agonies and humanity experienced by the family of a man branded by his name and racial profile," according to press notes.Photo - Dan Wackerman
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