To The Good People of Gaza

Jackie Lubeck is a multi-national no-national playwright, living the better part of her life in Palestine. She is the co-founder of Theatre Day Productions (TDP), an organization that is both a production house for youth theatre and a training center for drama. Lubeck works throughout the Palestinian Territories but the biggest operation of TDP is in the Gaza Strip where she is both a writer and a designer. Jackie was born and bred in Brooklyn. Samer Al-Saber is Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies at Stanford University, USA, and faculty member at the Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity and the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies. He teaches courses concerned with identity, race, and ethnicity. A director and writer, his fieldwork intersects with theatre practice.

Preface by Jackie Lubeck, Playwright, Theatre Day Productions

Introduction by the Editor, Samer Al-Saber

Chapter 1: To The Good People of Gaza
Play #1: Blue
Play #2: Red
Play #3: White

Chapter 2: The Entanglement (15850)
Play #1: Grandfathers
Play #2: Mothers
Play #3: Brothers
Play #4: Sisters

Chapter 3: A Human Writes
Play #1: The Weavers
Play #2: The Electricians
Play #3: The Cooks

Chapter 4: Lost and Found
Play #1: The Room
Play #2: The Shop
Play #3: The School
Play #4: The Brother
Play #5: The Tree

Chapter 5: Thirteen Ways To Know A Black Bird
Play #1: One Thousand Questions
Play #2: The Snow Trip
Play #3: The Boys In the Mirror
Play #4: The Boys Who Can’t Sit Still

Afterword by Jan MC Willems, director, Theatre Day Productions