1158: Moses Maimonides flees Spain, dies in Cairo 1204. 1492: Ferdinand and Isabella expel all Jews from Spain.
1992: Maimonides returns.
Polybe + Seats
presents
GRANADA
written by Avi Glickstein
directed by Jessica Brater
produced by Catherine Wallach and Polybe + Seats
Ensemble:
Elaine O’Brien
Sarah Sakaan
Indika Senanayake*
Lindsay Torrey*
Jill Usdan
Ari Vigoda
Set, Costume, and Puppet Design: Peiyi Wong assisted by Bevan Dunbar
Lighting Design: Natalie Robin assisted by Marika Kent
Sound Design: John D. Ivy
Dramaturgy: Miriam Felton-Dansky
Stage Manager/Associate Producer: Donald Butchko assisted by Dinah Finkelstein
Selected music performed by Anna Levenstein
*indicates member of Actors' Equity. Granada is an Equity-approved showcase.
Runs November 5-22, 2009
Thursdays-Saturdays @ 8pm
Saturdays @ 3pm
Sundays @ 7pm
Granada begins in 1992 as the King of Spain prepares to symbolically welcome Jews back to Spain after 500 years of banishment. A young Egyptian Jewish woman has been invited to stand in for all of those exiled-but following the ceremony, she reveals to Spain's prince that she believes herself to be the resurrection of Moses Maimonides (1135-1204), philosopher, royal physician, and Jewish cultural icon. Quite suddenly, the prince's world is not what it was before her revelation: he is pursued by a bear, seduced by a princess hatched from a grapefruit, and nearly betrayed by his trusty aide-de-camp. Is this the beginning of the Messianic age?
Bringing together characters and stories from Sephardic Jewish folklore and culture, Granada draws on a centuries-old tradition to create a tender, bizarre, and funny look at a people separated by continents but united by a state of exile.
Tickets available at
http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showcode=GRA21
The Access Theater Gallery has limited accessibility. For accessibility information, please contact info@polybeandseats.org.
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