<div dir="ltr"><span class="" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Cambria"> <u>THE JENIN FREEDOM THEATRE'S US TOUR</u></b><br>
</div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Cambria"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Cambria">A great person once said, "If you rent a 54 passenger Peter Pan Bus to go see The Freedom Theatre perform.... THOSE IN SOLIDARITY WILL COME!" </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/13Bcxls20df3XZcveIYmJ_zTAJrlOAU2-sklx8_T8N7Y/viewform" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="font-size:11pt">RESERVE YOUR TICKET NOW!</span></a></div>
<div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><p><span style="font-size:9pt"><b><a href="http://www.thefreedomtheatre.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">The Freedom Theatre</a>: </b></span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt">The Freedom Theatre is an independent cultural center in the Jenin refugee camp in the Occupied West Bank, Palestine. In September they are embarking on a US tour of their adaptation of "The Island," which is their first production in English. </span></p>
</div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><p><span style="font-size:9pt"><b><a href="http://www.thefreedomtheatre.org/productions/the-island/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">The Island</a>: </b></span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt">"Written by famed South African playwrights Athol Eugard, John Kapi and Winston Ntshona, "The Island" is set in a prison based on Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was held captive for 27 years. The play concerns two prisoners who share a cell during the apartheid days in South Africa. They spend their days in mind-numbing physical labour and their nights rehearsing for a performance of "Antigone," by Sophocles. Antigone, who defies the state to follow her conscience, is sentenced by her uncle King Creon to die for her crime.</span></p>
</div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:10pt">"The Freedom Theatre's adaptation of "The Island" reflects the experiences of Palestinian political prisoners and the abuses within the Israeli prison system. The play also highlights the parallels between apartheid South Africa and Palestine today."</span><br>
</div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Cambria"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font face="Cambria"><b><u>Logistics</u></b></font></div>
<div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font face="Cambria"><i style="font-weight:bold">What: </i>The Freedom Theatre's performance of "The Island"</font></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<font face="Cambria"><i style="font-weight:bold">When: </i><span style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dashed;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><span>September 7, 2013, 2:00pm</span></span></font></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<font face="Cambria"><i style="font-weight:bold">Where: </i>The University of Connecticut</font></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font face="Cambria"><i style="font-weight:bold">How: </i>A bus will pick us up at <span style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dashed;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><span>10:00am</span></span> at Ruggles Station on Northeastern's campus. It will bring us to the University of Connecticut for a <span style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dashed;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><span>2:00pm</span></span> Matinee. The performance will last approximately 2 hours. The bus will then pick us up at <span style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dashed;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><span>6:00pm</span></span>, giving us time for post production conversations and/or a meal. We will arrive back at Northeastern around <span style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dashed;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><span>8:30pm</span></span>.</font></div>
<div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/13Bcxls20df3XZcveIYmJ_zTAJrlOAU2-sklx8_T8N7Y/viewform" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">RESERVE YOUR TICKET NOW!</a><font color="#1a1a1a">: </font></span><span style="font-family:Cambria">For the low, LOW sliding scale (considering NYC tickets are $100) of $25 to $75, you will receive a round trip bus ticket and a ticket for the play. Any money raised beyond cost will go directly to the Freedom Theatre.</span><br>
</div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Cambria">We hope that you will Join Us in Solidarity with The Freedom Theatre and the Palestinian People.</span><br>
</div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Cambria">Contact </span><span style="font-family:Cambria"><a href="mailto:leftinfocus@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">leftinfocus@gmail.com</a> or reply with any questions. </span></div>
<div style="font-size:13px"><font face="Cambria"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font face="Cambria">In Love & Resistance,</font></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<font face="Cambria">Bryan MacCormack and Michael Marston</font></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font face="Cambria">Left In Focus - </font><span style="font-family:Cambria">@LeftInFocus, <a href="mailto:leftinfocus@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">leftinfocus@gmail.com</a></span></div>
</span><div><br></div>-- <br>Michael Marston<div>Northeastern University, 2013 - Cultural Anthropology</div>
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