The Peppermint Creek Theatre Company trumpets in 2007 with its third show of their season "Exquisite Contradictions" with "9 Parts of Desire" by Okemos-native Heather Raffo.
In this daring and original play, we are introduced to a portrait of the extraordinary – and ordinary – lives of a whole cross-section of Iraqi women. This one-woman show lifts the veil on exactly
what it means to be a woman in the age-old war zone that is Iraq.
Playwright Raffo, who is part American and Iraqi, interviewed hundreds of Iraqi women for more than seven years, which became the basis for her play.
"9 Parts of Desire" is a work so compassionate, so heartbreaking, so soul-shatteringly human, that it promises to change forever the way people think about the women (indeed, the people) of the Middleast, according to a statement.
The New Yorker called it "a triumph! Thrilling! An example of how art can remake the world!" Starring Chicago actress and MSU alumna Melissa Kuhlmann, "9 Parts of Desire" runs Feb. 1-4 and 8-10. Show times are at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and at 2 p.m. on the first Sunday.
All shows will be performed at 110 Charles Street in downtown East Lansing (next to Giorgio's Pizza and Secretary of State). Tickets are $15 ($8 for students). For more information and to order tickets visit www.peppermintcreek.org or call (517) 719-3887. This show is appropriate for ages 12 and up.
"9 Parts of Desire"
Feb. 1-4, 8-10
110 Charles Street, East Lansing
