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<div align="center"><font color="#333333" face="Candara" size="4"><u><span>SAT, OCT 15: Post-Matinee
Forum with SABAB and Freedom Theatre</span></u></font></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><font color="#333333" face="Candara">Members of Palestine’s
Jenin Freedom Theatre will join actors from SABAB in a
moderated discussion about freedom of artistic
expression in the Arab world, hosted by Tufts Professor
Amahl Bishara.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><font color="#333333" face="Candara">Please go to support the
Freedom Theater in Boston. See Promo code below.</font></p>
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ARTSEMERSON: THE WORLD ON STAGE</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"> <font color="#333333" face="Candara"><span style="color:black">INVITES YOU TO </span></font> </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"> <font color="#333333" face="Candara"><b><span style="color:black">Get
$10 off by using promo code </span></b><span style="color:black">CGTSP10<b> when
purchasing tickets online, over the phone or
at the box office*.</b></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#333333" face="Candara"><b><span style="color:black">
About THE SPEAKER’S PROGRESS</span></b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#333333" face="Candara"><span style="color:black">In a
totalitarian state somewhere in the Arab
world, all forms of theatre have been banned,
but a condemned 1960s classic play has become
the focal point for resistance blogs and
underground, dissident Twitter movements…</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#333333" face="Candara"><span style="color:black">THE
SPEAKER'S PROGRESS uses <i>Twelfth Night</i>
as a starting point to explore events in the
Middle East, transforming Shakespeare’s comedy
into a satire on the decades of political
inertia that have fed recent revolts across
the Arab region and a daring theatrical
metaphor for the mechanisms of dissent. The
piece will evolve as circumstances in the
region change, emphasizing the rapid pace of
revolution among courageous citizens seeking
freedom. This is a rare chance to see a major
Middle Eastern theatre company’s provocative
and inspiring work.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#333333" face="Candara"><span style="color:black">
*Offer good for up to 2 tickets per discount.
Not valid for $25 tickets and subject to
availability. Regular ticket fees apply.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#333333" face="Candara"><span style="color:black">Buy
tickets at <a href="http://artsemerson.org/" target="_blank">artsemerson.org/</a><a href="tel:617.824.8400" value="+16178248400" target="_blank">617.824.8400</a>. For
more info visit <a style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" href="http://artsemerson.org" target="_blank"> <span style="color:black">http://artsemerson.org</span></a></span></font></p>
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Extras</span></b></font></p>
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Stick around for the following audience
enrichment events following these
performances!</span></font></p>
<p> <font color="#333333" face="Candara"><span style="color:black">·</span></font><font color="#333333"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-family:Candara;color:black">
</span></font><font color="#333333" face="Candara"><u><span style="color:black">WED,
OCT 12: WBUR Sponsored Opening Night
Post-Performance Discussion</span></u></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><font color="#333333" face="Candara"> <span style="color:black">Tom Ashbrook of WBUR’s <i>On
Point</i> will discuss the relation of
current events to the production with
writer/director Sulayman Al-Bassam. Join the
conversation on how the play has evolved with
the ongoing changes in the Arab world.</span></font></p>
<p> <font color="#333333" face="Candara"><span style="color:black">·</span></font><font color="#333333"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-family:Candara;color:black">
</span></font><font color="#333333" face="Candara"><u><span style="color:black">THURS,
OCT 13: Post-Performance Discussion</span></u></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><font color="#333333" face="Candara"> <span style="color:black">Join playwright/director
Sulayman Al-Bassam, Arabic drama scholar
Margaret Litvin, and writer, critic and
leading international Shakespeare scholar
Graham Holderness for a frank post-show
conversation about intercultural Shakespeare,
theatre-making amid the "Arab Spring," and the
ways in which Al Bassam's Shakespeare Trilogy
has played to—and with—his western and Middle
Eastern audiences.</span></font></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><font color="#333333" face="Candara" size="3"><u>SAT, OCT 15:
Post-Matinee Forum with SABAB and Freedom
Theatre</u></font></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><font color="#333333" face="Candara"> Members of
Palestine’s Jenin Freedom Theatre will join
actors from SABAB in a moderated discussion
about freedom of artistic expression in the Arab
world, hosted by Tufts Professor Amahl Bishara.</font></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>
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