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MY NAME IS RACHEL  CORRIE
Edited by Katherine Viner and
Alan Rickman
produced in collaboration with the Buffalo United Artists' Theatre
Fridays, & Saturdays at 8pm
March 7th-29th
All performances at the Main Street Cabaret
672 Main Street, Downtown Buffalo
“The play shrewdly does not show Corrie
dying; it shows her living…Her words bear witness to the deracinating
madness of war, a hysteria that infects not only those doing the fighting but
also those ambitious to do the saving.”
--New Yorker Magazine
“Here is a play where the real dialogue
begins when the curtain comes down. MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE is theater
that not only stirs our hearts but sticks in our heads.”
--Newsweek
“You feel you have not just had a night
at the theatre: You have encountered an extraordinary woman…theatre can’t
change the world. But what it can do, when it’s as good as this, is to send
us out enriched by other people’s passionate concern.”
--Guardian (London)
Subversive Theatre is proud to team up with the
Buffalo United Artists' Theatre to present the play that has brought
controversy on two Continents!
MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE is a one-woman play
compiled entirely from the actual journal entries and e-mails of Rachel
Corrie, the 23-year-old peace activist from Olympia, Washington who died after
being run over by an Israeli Bulldozer while defending a Palestinian home in
the Gaza Strip on March 16, 2003. Edited by British journalist Katherine
Viner and actor Alan Rickman (who directed the play's London debut), this play
beautifully depicts Rachel Corrie's breathtaking transformation from a young
idealist into the determined activist who chose to risk everything for her
beliefs.
Inspiring, heartfelt, and unmistakably sincere,
Rachel's words should be heard by all!
MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE was at the center
of a storm of controversy in 2006 when it's American debut was suddenly
cancelled by the New York Theatre Workshop after the theatre's largely Jewish
subscriber base objected to the play's pro-Palestinian content. This
incident brought forward whirlwind of progressive-minded theatre artists --
including Harold Pinter, Vanessa Redgrave, and Alan Rickman -- to speak out
against this frightening case of censorship.
The play was eventually performed at a different
theatre in New York (the Minetta Lane Theatre, Oct 2006). But subsequent
productions in Miami and Toronto have also been cancelled under similar
circumstances. When the Contemporary American Theatre Festival performed
the play last Summer, the Festival's main sponsor cut off $100,000 in funding!
All this is a sobering reminder that those with money
and influence still think they can dictate what is and is not allowed on the
American Stage. Subversive Theatre is proud to stand up against this
atmosphere of intimidation and censorship and bring you the play that many
theatres do not have the courage to touch!
Our production of MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE is
directed by Tim Klein and features Katie White* as Rachel Corrie.
Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, March 7th-29th. All shows
are at the Main Street Cabaret at 672 Main Street in Downtown Buffalo.
For tickets, call the Buffalo United Artists Theatre's Box Office at
886-9239.
Throughout this production, Subversive Theatre
continues its tradition of "Subversation Saturdays" --
after each Saturday's performance we invite audiences to stick around
and join with members of the cast and crew for an informal discussion of
the play they've just seen. These discussions are our number one way of
getting feedback from our audiences, so we hope you'll join in!
For information on the line-up of specific Subversation discussion,
click on the "Subversation Saturdays" menu heading in
the above right column.
Special thanks for technical assistance with this
production goes out to Chester Popiolkowski, Dave Pape, John Shotwell, Ujima
Theatre, and the New Phoenix Theatre.
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