BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:32021@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240125T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20240125T170000 DTSTAMP:20240105T202537Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/meet-the-playwright-presents-oud-pl ayer-on-the-tel/ SUMMARY:Meet the Playwright Presents: Oud Player on the Tel DESCRIPTION:QUEENS\, NY\n\n \;\n\n\n\nSet in the foothills of Jerusalem in 1947\, “Oud Player on the Tel" follows a family of Jewish refugees f rom Europe\, after the destruction of World War II. "Oud Player on the Tel " uses forensic history to expand the conversation around the Jewish-Musli m dynamic.\n\nThis special "Meet the Playwright" presentation will feature a pre-show conversation with three interfaith thought leaders\, along wit h a post-show talkback with the creative team.\n\nPlaywright: Tom Block\n\ nDirector: Jesica Garrou\n\nStage Directions: John Druzba*\n\nActors: Mark Peters*\, Mark Quiles*\, Emile Lacheny\, Zach Canter\n\n*Actors appearing courtesy of Actors Equity Association*\n\nPre Show Discussion Panel:\n\n Dr. Sarah Sayeed (Moderator): Chair and Executive Director of the Civic Engagement Commission. Dr. Sayeed was a Senior Advisor to former Mayor Bi ll de Blasio in the Mayor's Community Affairs Unit\, where she worked with a diverse\, multi-ethnic and multi-lingual Muslim constituency to strengt hen civic engagement. Her public service builds upon seven years of bridge building projects at the Interfaith Center of New York.\n Rasha Abdel L atif: Director of MENA and Civil Society Strengthening at PartnersGlobal. Rasha has been awarded the 40 under 40 award by the Arab America Foundat ion for the year 2022. Rasha holds a master’s degree in Business Admini stration from the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom\, Bachelor ’s Degree in Business Management from the University of Jordan\, and a C ommunity Organizing Certificate from the Harvard Kennedy School.\n Michel le Koch: Co-founder and Executive Director of the Muslim-Jewish Solidarity Committee. Under her leadership\, since its founding in 2015\, MJSC has c reated ‘brave’ dialogue spaces for thousands of people to form genuine relationships and partnerships founded on mutual recognition\, mutual und erstanding\, empathy\, and trust. She is a passionate believer in the powe r of dialogue\, empathy\, and personal relationship-building to bring sust ainable social change.\n\nActors Equity Association (AEA)\, founded in 19 13\, represents more than 50\,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance\, promote and foster the art of live theat re as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and w orking conditions\, providing a wide range of benefits\, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO\, and is affiliated with FIA\, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. www.actorsequity.org\n\n\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/01/Screen-Shot-2024-01-05-at-15.23.05.png LOCATION:Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (JCAL)\, 161-4 Jamaica Avenue \, Queens \, NY\, 11432\, United States GEO:40.703909;-73.798159 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=161-4 Jamaica Avenue\, Quee ns \, NY\, 11432\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (JCAL):geo:40.703909,-73.798159 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR