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3502 N Elston
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Jennifer Jajeh's "I Heart Hamas"
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Apr 30, 2010 – May 16, 2010
Thursdays–Saturdays (8pm)
Sundays (3pm)
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- Price
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$15 - 30
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“Jennifer Jajeh's critically acclaimed one-woman show comes to Chicago en route to Berkeley, after successful runs in New York (it debuted at the New York International Fringe Festival in 2008) and San Francisco. Jajeh's performance is an account of her experience as a Palestinian-American coming to terms with her identity, in her own words: "Palestinianized, politicized, and radicalized." However, the show focuses more on Jajeh's personal observations than propaganda, a piece to explore identity politics in a larger sense rather than addressing a specific political agenda.”
Monica Westin, Flavorpill
I Heart Hamas says: I Heart Hamas: And Other Things I'm Afraid to Tell You makes it Chicago stage debut. Jennifer is Palestinian. Well, Palestinian American. Or more precisely: a single, Catholic, first generation, Palestinian American woman who chooses to return to her parents' hometown of Ramallah at the start of the Second Intifada. Actress and writer Jennifer Jajeh, with award winning director W. Kamau Bell, present I Heart Hamas, a tragicomic solo theater show. Sick and tired of the unsolicited discussions, debate and disagreements about her identity and her opinions about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Jennifer tries to figure it out for herself. Join her on American and Palestinian soil on auditions, bad dates, and across military checkpoints as she navigates the thorny terrain around Palestinian identity.
