THE MULBERRY TREE

LaMama
presents

THE MULBERRY TREE

Written by
HANNA EADY & EDWARD MAST
Directed by
ALEXANDRA ARON

LaMama ETC
The Downstairs Theater
66 E. 4th Street
New York, NY 10003

October 17-October 20, 2024
8 p.m. Weekdays
4 p.m. Sunday

Post-show discussion featuring Rabbi Alissa Wise and Riham Barghouti
after the Sunday performance

https://www.lamama.org/shows/the-mulberry-tree-2024

Featuring
RAMZI KHALIF, RACHEL BOTCHAN, NAJLA SAID,
KHALIFA NATOUR, & HAYTHEM NOOR

Jews are Arabs, too. So says the Rabbi, as he watches a terrifying reality unfold. Everyone gets along in his village. The boy next door is his devoted friend. Until 1947, when Britain and the United Nations decide to create a Jewish Homeland in Palestine.

THE MULBERRY TREE is the perfect play for today. It revisits the quiet life before Old Palestine was obliterated by the unstoppable progress of war. The Rabbi’s family and the Arab family protect each other until the end. How tragic to see best intentions cave in the face of brutality.

Many sweet, humorous moments dot the production, making the story even more relatable, more human, more tragic.

Playwrights HANNA EADY and EDWARD MAST have translated a critical moment of history into a compelling personal tale. The strong cast powers it all. LAITH ZUAITER is outstanding in the role of the young man through whom we see this history unfold. And in the end he gives us, yes, a ray of hope.

-Karen D’Onofrio-