THE
BLACK EYED
Text – Betty
Shamieh
Direction – Sam Gold
Scenic Design
– Paul Steinberg
Costume Design – Gabriel Berry
Lighting Design – Jane Cox
Sound Design – Darron L West
Cast
(in alphabetical order):
Aysan Celik
Lameece Issaq
Jeanine Serralles
Emily Swallow
Company
bios
Production
history
Order
tickets:
Single tickets on sale Tuesday, June 26.
Call Telecharge.com at 212-239-6200 or 800-432-7250 or visit www.telecharge.com
Please call our box office at 212-460-5475 for additional information.
Our box office is open Tuesday - Saturday, 1:00pm-6:00pm.
Facility address:
79 East 4th Street, located between Bowery and Second Avenue in the
East Village.
Prices:
Single tickets, $50.00 each.
CheapTix Sundays, $20.00 (all tickets for all Sunday evening performances
at 7:00pm; tickets must be purchased in person, in cash at the NYTW
box office).
Student tickets, $20.00 (must be purchased in person with valid student
ID at the NYTW box office).
Description:
Betty Shamieh is a playwright, author, screenwriter and actor. Her
newest play, The Black Eyed, depicts four Arab women from
across the ages who meet in the afterlife. As these women –
who include the Biblical Delilah and a secular modern Arab-American
– struggle to come to terms with their lives and their choices,
this shockingly funny play skewers traditional views on sex, family,
and terrorism. The New York Times says, "Betty Shamieh has the
playwright's most essential gift: the passion for talk. Her rich,
urgent prose will fling you into a character's life as though it were
your own."
Dates:
First preview, Tuesday, July 17; opening night, Tuesday, July 31;
final performance, Sunday, August 19.
Performance
schedule:
Tuesday at 7:00pm; Wednesday – Friday at 8:00pm; Saturday at
3:00pm and 8:00pm; Sunday at 2:00pm and 7:00pm.
Exceptions:
Saturday, July 28, no 3:00pm performance
Monday, July 30, added 8:00pm performance
Wednesday, August 1, no performance
Audience
Discussions:
Tuesday, August 7, post-performance (with Betty Shamieh, Sam Gold
and Paul Steinberg)
Tuesday, August 14, post-performance (with Betty Shamieh, Sam Gold
and members of the cast)
Public
Programs:
Thursday, August 2, post-performance (discussion with Betty Shamieh
and Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang [M. Butterfly
and the recent revival of Flower Drum Song]).
Thursday, August 9, post-performance (discussion of the Arab and feminist
themes of The Black Eyed with Betty Shamieh, Dalia Basiouny [Egyptian
theatre artist, academic, and translator] and Hala Nassar [Assistant
Professor of modern Arabic culture and literature in the Department
of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and in Women’s,
Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Yale University]).
Running time:
approximately one hour and 30 minutes with no intermission
About
the artists:
BETTY SHAMIEH
Off-Broadway:
Roar (The New Group). Off-Off-Broadway: Chocolate in
Heat (New York International Fringe Festival, Theater for the
New City, The Tank). International: The Black Eyed (Theater
Fournos of Athens). Regional: The Black Eyed (The Magic Theatre).
Upcoming - Territories (The Magic Theatre).
SAM GOLD
Recent credits: Colin McKenna’s The Secret Agenda of Trees
(Cherry Lane), Rogelio Martinez’s Fizz (The Ohio), Judy Blume's
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (The Hangar Theater), Joanna
Laurens’ The Three Birds (GAle GAtes, US premiere),
Betty Shamieh‘s Chocolate in Heat (The Tank). Juilliard
(Resident Director 2006-2007, Directing Fellow 2003-2006): Twelfth
Night, Suddenly Last Summer, Beau Willimon’s Farragut
North, Suzan-Lori Parks’ In the Blood, and Marlowe’s
Edward Ii (Juilliard Centennial Tour: REDCAT, LA; Museum of Contemporary
Art, Chicago). Upcoming: Noah Haidle’s Rag and Bone
(Rattlestick), Beau Willimon’s War Story (Juilliard)
and Anne Carson’s translation of Elektra (Williams
College). Current Wooster Group associate, NYTW Usual Suspect, Drama
League Directing Fellow, Princess Grace Award recipient.
