ReOrient 2009 – The First Ten Years
Nov. 19 – Dec. 13 @the Thick House (1695 18th Street,) San Francisco
Golden Thread Productions celebrates the tenth anniversary of its
one-of-a-kind festival of short plays exploring the Middle East
featuring a world premiere by MacArthur Genius award-winner, Naomi
Wallace, as well as a retrospective of plays from the festival’s past
ten years including works by Yussef El Guindi, Motti Lerner, Betty
Shamieh, Torange Yeghiazarian and Caveh Zahedi. For four weeks, the
festival will showcase the vast variety of voices and styles emerging
from and inspired by the Middle East and bring together diverse
communities to engage with the region. This one of a kind festival
turns San Francisco into a Mecca for innovative, spirited, and
thought-provoking theatre from around the world. The Festival runs in
two series, Thurs. & Sat. @8pm; Fri.@8pm & Sun. @9pm. Festival
Passes $35-$75. For more information on ReOrient’s festival and forum
or to purchase tickets, visit www.goldenthread.org or call
415.626.4061.

The ReOrient Festival was conceived in 1999 to meet the urgent and
ongoing need for Middle Eastern voices in American theatre and to
create a home where Middle Eastern artists are nurtured and supported.
 The festival aims to showcase the vast variety of voices and styles
emerging from and inspired by the Middle East and to bring together
diverse communities to engage with the region.  At the same time, the
ReOrient Festival helps to demystify the region by encouraging writing
about the Middle East by playwrights from all cultural, ethnic, and
national backgrounds.  Today, celebrating the festival’s tenth
anniversary, ReOrient continues to be guided by these principles,
serving as a forum for addressing current events and personal
experiences.