Six Actors in Search of a Plot
In 2005, Peace Child Israel commissioned playwright Muhammad Zaher and choreographer/director/writer Billy Yalowitz to create a play about the blood war over Palestine. A year later, Six Actors in Search of a Plot debuted in Jerusalem to mixed reactions, fostering what Yalowitz calls an unprecedented public meeting between the two sides of the conflict.
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After a 12-show stint in New York, the controversial play comes to the Painted Bride Art Center this weekend. It's a two-part performance, more connected by hidden themes than tangible onstage action. Scene 1's set in a studio, where six actors argue about what they should perform. Scene 2 takes place inside a womb housing twins with a rare blood disease.
How are they related? Before seeing the show, it's hard to say. But trust that it relates to the current political conditions of the Middle East; Yalowitz promises that, by the end, both acts tie together neatly in a single closing knot.
Talkbacks with the cast and Yalowitz will follow each performance. Unfortunately, Zaher will not be present for the discussions. He'll be at home in East Jerusalem, since the U.S. Consulate delayed his visa.
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