A Night of Palestine and Israel

April 21, 2022

April 21, 2022 | 7:00pm | The Artesian

What happens when a Palestinian playwright and a Jewish Playwright come together to talk about Palestine and Israel?

Rania Al-Harthi is Palestinian-Jordanian-Russian-Canadian; Arthur Milner is Jewish-Polish-Canadian. Rania will read from Checkpoint, which received the Saskatchewan Association of Theatre Professionals Mentorship grant for 2021. Arthur will read from Facts, a murder mystery set in Hebron and performed in Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Istanbul, London (U.K.), and Hebron, Nablus, Tel Aviv and six more cities in Palestine and Israel.

Join us again as two theatre artists create a space for cross-cultural conversations and understanding as they engage in an artist to artist dialogue.

Readings will be followed by discussion. The bar will be open.

This event is free to attend and accessible to those with mobility issues. Donations will be accepted.

COVID-19 Precautions

Proof of vaccination will be required for all attendees as per the terms of The Artesian's COVID Safety Protocol.

Masks will be required.

Social distancing will be observed as much as possible.

Rania Al-Harthi

Rania Al-Harthi was born in Jordan, daughter of a Palestinian father and Russian mother. She worked as an independent artist in Jordan, Palestine and Tunisia before coming to Canada in 2012. Since then, she has earned a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Regina and has worked for several arts organizations, including Globe Theatre, Curtain Razors and the MacKenzie Art Gallery.
Arthur Milner

Arthur Milner was born in Frankfurt, Germany, the son of Polish-Jewish refugees who immigrated to Canada in 1951. Arthur was Resident Playwright and Artistic Director at Ottawa’s Great Canadian Theatre Company (GCTC). He was a writer on Sandinista!, a GCTC devised play that toured Regina in 1983. Other plays include Masada, Getting to Room Temperature, Learning to Live with Personal Growth and Sisters in the Great Day Care War.