OVERVIEW
A live cultural/culinary performance designed to challenge Americans’ perceptions about Afghanistan while supporting a group of Afghan female refugees who have been recently resettled in Northeast Ohio.
PRICE
$40.00 - 45.00
RUN TIME
120 minutes
SHOW TIMES
Wed 7/20 @ 6:00PM
Thu 7/21 @ 5:45PM *
Fri 7/22 @ 6:30PM
Sat 7/23 @ 12:00PM **
Fri 7/22 @ 6:30PM
Sat 7/23 @ 12:00PM **
* The Thursday performance of Khuraki is no longer available.
** This performance is MASK REQUIRED
DETAILS
TYPE OF SHOW
International
Recommended For
Ages 14+
GENRE(S)
Scripted Play
CONTENT WARNING
N/A
VENUE FEATURES
SYNOPSIS
Khūrākī (“eat” or “meal” in the Afghan language Dari) celebrates the beauty of Afghan culture, music, and food through "theatrical portraits" of three strong women who have recently become Americans. What have they been able to preserve in the flight from home--in their traditions, in their cooking, in their hearts? What do they hope to cultivate here? And what do they want you to know about the beautiful country where they were born?
Performances feature live Afghan and Western classical music and moments of immersive cultural experience. Each performance will be followed by a talkback and the sharing of delicious Afghan food prepared by the women.
This project has been assisted by Global Cleveland and USCRI (the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants), who have facilitated introductions to the local Afghan refugee community, and by Cuyahoga Community College's Hospitality Management Center, who are donating expertise, faculty time, and kitchen space.
Created and written by Molly Rice
Rusty Thelin, Producer/Director
Molly Rice, Producer/Playwright
Haida Bakhshi, Mentor/chef
Kayla Prough, Production Stage Manager
Theresa Abalos, Musical Director
Tiffany Trapnell, Assistant Stage Manager
Claire Sabatine, Actor
Alex Manalo, Actor
Ashley Reign, Actor
CONNECT
Explore our hashtags across your favorite social platforms:
#AfghanRefugees #AfghanCuisine #Afghanistan #Khuraki
thank you to khuraki's community partners:
Additional Info
RealTime Interventions creates performance-based art that connects human beings through empathy.
RealTime Interventions creates theatrical events and public experiences that depend upon the immediate nature of real time: events that come to life when people come together. We seek to generate human connection, curiosity and wonder, and to help audiences re-see their surroundings in new and unexpected ways. RealTime creates narrative art in conversation with a broad range of collaborators, from theater artists to scientists to rock bands to social workers to our neighbors down the street. We create vibrant “companies” with every new project, peopled by individuals from diverse walks of life and realms of experience who are bound by their stake in the story we are telling together.
