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DIRECTED BY:
Lee Sunday EvansTRANSCRIPTS ARRANGED BY:
Arian MoayedWITH:
Kristin Villanueva, Linda Powell, Mike Braun, Happy Anderson, Ruth Ann Miles, Hanna Cheek, Kathleen Chalfant, Mick Hilgers, Michael B. French (Original Cast) Stephanie J. Block, Brian D'Arcy James, Thomas Sadoski, Peter Francis James, Jason Ralph, J. Smith-Cameron, Jennifer Ehle, Kelli O'Hara, Patrick Wilson (Additional Cast Members) DESCRIPTION
An intimate encounter with our nation’s immigration court system, The Courtroom tells the story of Elizabeth Keathley, an immigrant from the Philippines who married a U.S. Citizen and came to this country in 2004 on a K3 Visa. After inadvertently registering to vote at the DMV in Bloomington, IL, receiving a voter registration card in the mail, and voting, her removal proceedings were set in motion. Her case began in Immigration Court and was eventually heard by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit.
The Courtroom is performed entirely verbatim from court transcripts.DESCRIPTION
Tony nominee Arian Moayed (The Humans, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo) offers a revelatory new reading of the “melancholy Dane”. Set in Persia a hundred years ago, on the eve of World War I, Waterwell’s Hamlet weaves passages of Farsi translation into the English of Shakespeare’s masterpiece of crisis and identity.In it, a traditional way of life is being threatened by an evolving world, the land is being threatened by encroaching foreign interests, and a young man finds himself uprooted and torn between opposing customs, values and codes. Featuring a vibrant score that seamlessly blends traditional Persian and modern western elements, this is a bold re-imagining of the most renowned play in any language. Drama Desk nominee and Waterwell co-founder Tom Ridgely directs.
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Cast & Creative Team
Cast: Happy Anderson, Michael Braun, Kathleen Chalfant, Hanna Cheek, Michael Bryan French, Mick Hilgers, Ruthie Ann Miles, Linda Powell, and Kristin Villanueva.Creative Team: Happy Anderson, Michael Braun, Kathleen Chalfant, Hanna Cheek, Michael Bryan French, Mick Hilgers, Ruthie Ann Miles, Linda Powell, and Kristin Villanueva.Press
READ this blog post by Jeffrey S. Chase, a former immigration judge, that explains the history of the U.S. immigration court systemREAD a statement from the Federal Bar Association in support of establishing Article Immigration Courts. Currently, the Immigration Courts are overseen by the Department of Justice which is directed by the Attorney General – an appointee of the President. This is seen by many people in the field as a fundamental flaw that compromises judicial independence and due process. READ: ”The Power of Transcripts” by Lee Sunday Evans, about the process of creating The Courtroom and The Flores Exhibits.GALLERY
“This is theater as civic meditation.”