Playwright Mona Mansour
Directed by Anna C. Bahow
Featuring Kirsten D'Aurelio, David Goodloe, Chris Khoshaba, and Tommy Malouf
Should an Arab-American enlist in the U.S. military? A progressive woman and her conservative nephew dip into the treacherous waters of identity, family, and militarism. Co-commissioned with San Francisco’s Golden Thread Productions and New York’s Lark Play Development Center as part of the Middle East America New Plays Initiative, We Swim, We Talk, We Go to War blurs the lines between “us” and “them” presenting a provocative exploration of the tragic and indelible ripples of war.
This play is my attempt to continue a real-life conversation I had with someone I love deeply, my nephew. We started to speak about these things - why war? Why the Army? - years ago when we were both home. The play circles back on that conversation imaginatively and goes farther than we were able to go.
