Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E Chicago Ave
312.280.2660
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Heather Raffo, 9 Parts of Desire, Photo: Irene Young
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Saturday May 3, 2008 (8pm)
Sunday May 4, 2008 (2pm)
Thursday May 8, 2008 (7:30pm)
Friday May 9, 2008 (8pm)
Saturday May 10, 2008 (2 & 8pm)
Sunday May 11, 2008 (2 & 7pm)
Monday May 12, 2008 (7pm)
Wednesday May 14, 2008 (7:30pm)
Thursday May 15, 2008 (7:30pm)
Friday May 16, 2008 (8pm)
Saturday May 17, 2008 (2 & 8pm)
Sunday May 18, 2008 (2pm)
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- Price
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$23 - 38
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Note: 9 Parts of Desire is recommended for mature audiences.
Male perspectives dominate public dialogue about the Iraq War (about most wars, in fact). Smothered in praise since its 2003 UK debut, 9 Parts of Desire offers a female voice on a subject — and in a part of the world — where it is seldom heard. Iraqi-American writer/performer Heather Raffo embodies nine characters, not to hit demographic sweet spots but to acknowledge the complexity found in a country no longer paralyzed by fear of its dictator. As one nightmare gives way to another, Raffo's women become a prism that shatters our disconnect to the present we have wrought.
