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'Masked' Director Dayan Featured on 'OnStage' 8/11
By: BWW News Desk Aug. 08, 2007
Ami Dayan, the director of Masked at the DR2 Theatre will be featured this weekend on NY-1's "OnStage," beginning August 11th.
The half-hour NY1 theatre show airs this weekend starting August 11th at 9:30 AM (ET). The show runs throughout the weekend. Check local listings for subsequent airings.
Dayan sits down with NY-1 correspondent Patrick Pacheco to discuss the play, the issues that Masked raises, as well as the Urgent Conversations Series that take place after select performances of the show.
Masked is "an explosive play about three Palestinian brothers, Masked tackles the cultural divide at the heart of the Middle East conflict. Masked depicts the tragedy of one family torn between obligations, kinship, principles and survival. It is the first play by an Israeli playwright about the Intifada (Palestianian uprising)," state press notes.Masked won first place in Israel's prestigious Akko Festival for writer Ilan Hatsor (then a first year theater student). Since then, Masked has been performed continuously across Israel and has been mounted in over 100 productions worldwide.
Directed by Dayan (The Man Himself, A Tale of a Tiger, The End), the show has scenic design is by Wilson Chin (Dark Matters, The Dear Boy) & Aleksandra Maslik, and costume design is by Jennifer Caprio (25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Striking 12). Lighting Design is by Thom Weaver (Thrill Me, King Headley II).
The cast of Masked is: Sanjit DeSilva, Daoud Heidami, and Arian Moayed.
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