Campo Santo's Margo Hall and Luis Saguar in "Des Moines" by Denis Johnson

Theatre and Dance

Intersection supports the development of innovative performance. We work with artists and communities who are committed to the process of making new work that grapples with the important questions of our times. For over ten years, Intersection's Resident Theatre Company, Campo Santo, has worked with some of this country's most esteemed artists, poets, fiction writers, and playwrights to create new theatrical experiences that reflect and reimagine our world. Intersection's Resident Dance/Theatre Company, The ESP Project, creates original interdisciplinary performance work incorporating live music, movement, text, interactive scenic design, and imagery.

Events

Intersection for the Arts in association with Resident Theatre Company Campo Santo, present the World Premiere of Habibi, a new play by emerging playwright Sharif Abu-Hamdeh. This intimately woven play tells the story of three different generations of Palestinian immigrants all attempting to make sense of the world that surrounds them. The quest to find where their cultural legacy lives in their lives, their families, and in the United States flows through all the characters in the play.

Habibi is the second installment in a trilogy of new plays by first-time playwrights which Intersection for the Arts and Campo Santo have been developing for the past several years. This trilogy began with the Winter 2010 World Premiere of Chinaka Hodge’s critically acclaimed play Mirrors In Every Corner directed by Marc Bamuthi Joseph and will culminate in Fall 2011 with the new play Tree City Legends by musician, writer and emerging playwright Dennis Kim (aka Denizen Kane.) All three writers share immigrant and minority status living in America and all three of their plays involve themes of cultural conflict and identity – complex and contemporary themes for writers to undertake in their first plays, but are showing to be quite compelling and moving on the stage.

Habibi also brings some long time collaborators back to working with Intersection as well as some new faces to our stage including longtime Campo Santo Familia member and director Omar Metwally, and actors Nora El Samahy and Paul Santiago.

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