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Urge for Going: Coming-of-Age Drama Set in a Palestinian Refugee Camp

The Public Theater- Anspacher Theater (425 Lafayette Street New York, NY 10003)
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Mona Mansour's coming-of-age drama centers around Jamila (Tala Ashe), a 17-year-old Palestinian girl who longs to escape her life in a Lebanese refugee camp through education, but feels the pull of her history and family holding her back. Hal Brooks directs this new play by Mansour, a member of the Public's Emerging Writers Group.

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The last date listed for Urge for Going was Sunday April 17, 2011 / 7:00pm.

425 Lafayette Street
New York, NY 10003
212-260-2400
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A well put together and simple but effective production that goes beyond the surface cliches and delves into the deeper dilemmas that a refugee family goes through in their adopted homeland (Lebanon in this case). Highly recommended.
Written on Apr 07 2011

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It's a good show and worth attending. You get a chance to hear the story from a Palestinian prospective that provides insight into the Israeli v. Palestinian conflict.
Written on Apr 01 2011

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Urge for Going
By Mona Mansour
Directed by Hal Brooks

Featuring: Omid Abtahi, Jacqueline Antaramian, Tala Ashe, Demosthenes Chrysan, Ramsey Faragallah, and Ted Sod

Jamila, a 17-year-old Palestinian girl growing up in a Lebanese refugee camp, is desperate to escape the small and impoverished world she calls home but her greatest source of inspiration, her father, may also prove to be her biggest obstacle. Mona Mansour, a member of The Public's Emerging Writers Group making her major debut with this production, fuses global politics with the intimacy of coming-of-age in this searing new play.

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