I Heart Hamas: Comedic One-Woman Show Explores Culture and Identity
Off-Market Theater (San Francisco, CA)
Rated 3.1 by 24 members who went.
Jennifer Jajeh brings her comedic solo show about life as a single, Catholic, Palestinian-American woman to San Francisco. In I Heart Hamas: And Other Things I'm Afraid to Tell You, Jajeh recounts a trip back to her parents' hometown in the West Bank while weaving in an honest and funny examination of topics from dating to politics to identity.
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Dress
- Casual dress attire
- Dress lightly it is very hot in there
- They arent kidding, it really does get hot in there
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- Take bart although there is parking on 6th & Mission St.
- You can park in the Metreon Parking Garage
- Take bart
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- Water and soda is sold
- Soda, water, and chips for sale
Other
- Small theater. It will be like being in your living room-- Relax and enjoy!
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More Details About I Heart Hamas: And Other Things I'm Afraid to Tell You
Quotes & Highlights
- “I Heart Hamas provides a fascinating look into a world we don’t often see or hear about.” --NYTheatre.com
- "Jajeh’s agility as a performer and gift for mimicry are fully displayed.” --Village Voice
- “Jennifer Jajeh is engaging, eloquent and even charismatic...she moves seamlessly between her own narration and lively conversations with her friends and boyfriends under W. Kamau Bell’s masterful direction.”” --CurtainUp
More Information
Website: http://ihearthamas.com/
Written by and starring Jennifer Jajeh
Directed by W. Kamau Bell The critically acclaimed play I Heart Hamas: And Other Things I’m Afraid to Tell You, an introspective one-woman show on life as a Palestinian-American, makes its San Francisco premiere at the Off-Market Theater.
With the current ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, the threat of global terrorism, and the never-ending negotiations and hostilities between Israelis and Palestinians, it’s hard not to feel overwhelmed by all of the bad international news. That’s exactly how Jennifer Jajeh feels. And to make matters worse, Jennifer is Palestinian. Well, Palestinian American. Or more precisely: a single, Christian, first generation, Palestinian American woman who chooses to return to her parents’ hometown of Ramallah at the start of the Second Intifada.
Join her on American and Palestinian soil on auditions, bad dates, and across military checkpoints as she navigates the thorny terrain around Palestinian identity. Weaving together humor, slides, pop culture references and live theatre, Jajeh explores how she becomes Palestinian-ized, then politicized and eventually radicalized in a fresh, often funny, searingly honest way.
I Heart Hamas: And Other Things I’m Afraid To Tell You, recognized by NYTheatre.com as “a fascinating look into a world we don’t often see or hear about,” made its world premiere in 2008 as a part of New York’s International Fringe Festival.
