This is not a memorized script, this is a well-rehearsed story

Queerness is a construct. So is language, and so is this play. Nothing about this performance is reliable. The performer questions gender, memory, sex, identity, and her relationship with Beirut — but gives no answers.

THIS IS NOT A MEMORIZED SCRIPT, THIS IS A WELL-REHEARSED STORY

Written and Performed by Dima Mikhayel Matta (Lebanon)

Directed by Noelle Ghoussaini

PRODUCTION

Andrew Agress, Literary Manager

Gavin Browning, Director of Public Programs & Engagement

Jessi Cotter, Production Manager

Jordan Fleming, Student Producer

Jim Petty with Five Ohm Productions, Audio Engineer

Kanika Vaish, Literary Manager

Ada Westfall, Sound Designer

FESTIVAL CO-FOUNDERS

Carol Becker, Dean of Columbia University School of the Arts

David Henry Hwang, MFA Theatre Program, Columbia University School of the Arts

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