The Mecca Tales Written by Rohina Malik Directed by Kareem Famhy Presented by Voyage Theater Company and Crossroads Theatre Company at The Sheen Center, NYC October 20-November 4, 2017
The Hajj, the pilgrimage of Muslims to Mecca, is the largest yearly gathering of people in the world, attracting two to three million pilgrims. A pillar of Islam, the Hajj provides the setting and structure for Rohina Malik's The Mecca Tales, which premiered in Chicago in 2015 and is now making its debut in New York. Its tales are those of five women whose progress along the road to Mecca also marks their difficult progress towards self-determination.
The women whose physical, emotional, and spiritual journeys we follow compose a travel group led by Grace (Kimberly S. Fairbanks), the group's New York-based organizer and guide. She mentions that the government of Saudi Arabia requires pilgrims to be part of a travel group, and she...
The Hajj, the pilgrimage of Muslims to Mecca, is the largest yearly gathering of people in the world, attracting two to three million pilgrims. A pillar of Islam, the Hajj provides the setting and structure for Rohina Malik's The Mecca Tales, which premiered in Chicago in 2015 and is now making its debut in New York. Its tales are those of five women whose progress along the road to Mecca also marks their difficult progress towards self-determination.
The women whose physical, emotional, and spiritual journeys we follow compose a travel group led by Grace (Kimberly S. Fairbanks), the group's New York-based organizer and guide. She mentions that the government of Saudi Arabia requires pilgrims to be part of a travel group, and she...
- 10/26/2017
- by Leah Richards
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