DRONE: Testimonies and Music
Fri, Nov 11
|Arab American National Museum (AANM)
A work-in-progress performance at the Arab American National Museum (AANM) of a new play by Andrea Assaf. Featured performers include internationally acclaimed Syrian opera singer Lubana Al Quntar, Anu Yadav, Ashley Wilkerson, Kathy Randels, and more. Attend in-person or watch the livestream!
Time & Location
Nov 11, 2022, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Arab American National Museum (AANM), 13624 Michigan Ave, Dearborn, MI 48126, USA
About the Event
A work-in-progress performance at the Arab American National Museum (AANM)
Friday, November 11, 8 pm EDT
DRONE is a new play by Andrea Assaf, and a transdisciplinary performance project integrating theatre, live music, emerging technologies, and artistic containers for public dialogue. It explores the drone as a metaphor for how we become desensitized to daily violence, domestic and global, the question of Moral Injury, and the effects of remote-control warfare on the human soul. This performance of new work-in-progress will include excerpts of the play based on actual testimonies of survivors and witnesses of U.S. military drone strikes, together with an original sound score exploring "droning" in music traditions from the U.S. South to Southwest and Central Asia. Featured performers include internationally acclaimed Syrian opera singer Lubana Al Quntar, Anu Yadav, Kathy Randels, and more. Attend in-person or watch the livestream!