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Noura

  • Heather Raffo
  • Full Length Play, Drama, Present Day
  • 3M, 2F
  • ISBN: 9780573708121

Noura challenges our notions of belonging, shame and sacrifice through a portrait of Iraqi immigrants in New York.

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama
  • 90 minutes

  • Time Period: Present Day
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Cautions: Mild Adult Themes, Smoking

  • Performance Group:
  • Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
As Noura and her husband Tariq prepare to celebrate a traditional Christmas, she looks forward to welcoming special guest -- Maryam, a young Iraqi refugee. But the girl's arrival opens wounds the family has tried to leave behind, forcing them to confront where they are, where they've been and who they have become.

REVIEWS:

"An enchanting and poetic new play."

 Theatre is Easy

  • Casting: 3M, 2F
  • Casting Attributes: Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle), Roles for Teens

  • MARYAM
    YAZEN/ALEX
    RAFA'A
    TAREQ/TIM
    NOURA
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    As Noura and her husband Tariq prepare to celebrate a traditional Christmas, she looks forward to welcoming special guest -- Maryam, a young Iraqi refugee. But the girl's arrival opens wounds the family has tried to leave behind, forcing them to confront where they are, where they've been and who they have become.

    $24.95