Ifrah Mansour's HOW TO HAVE FUN IN A CIVIL WAR Presented with Support from Children's Theatre Company

Minnesota-based Somali playwright and performer Ifrah Mansour revisits her childhood memories during the 1991 Somali civil war to confront violent history with humor, and provide a voice for the stories of children.

How to Have Fun in a Civil War, is a one-act multimedia play reading, which explores war from an idyllic viewpoint of a seven-year-old Somali girl. The play layers multiple narratives taken from community interviews to tell a captivating story about resilience while pushing audience to engage in a healing process that is still raw for survivors of the war.

Saturday, 10/22 at 7pm and Sunday, 10/23 at 3pm. Tickets can be purchased through Brown Paper Tickets website. See below for complete details.

Ifrah Mansour is a Minnesota-based Somali multimedia artist, performer, and teacher. She uses art to bridge cultures and generations. Media coverage includes "Minneapolis Artist Sews New Somali History that Crosses Generations" by the Star Tribune, "Ifrah Mansour Explores War from a Child's Perspective" by City Pages, "Performance and Prevention" by Minnesota Daily and "Ten Somali artists & entertainers to watch in 2015" by Okayafrica. Recent art and performance works include Somalia's Balloon, Lablaab the Spill, Drones and Fargans, Isug, Corn for Ayayo, and A Stray film.