Don’t miss “Beneath the Veil” at the Alex Theatre one night only, March 11, in commemoration of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month.
Mary Apick’s celebrated production features powerful, true stories of ten women of all ages who face oppression in the Middle East, especially Iran. These women wear the traditional veil, both willingly and unwillingly.
The play begins with an American journalist who falls asleep while researching the lives of Middle Eastern women. Mid-dream, the women who serve as the subject of her news article come to life around the journalist, sharing their stories, which shed a troublesome light on the treatment of women in parts of the Middle East.
Mary Apick plays several parts including the character Zahra Kazemi, a Canadian journalist who was tortured, raped and killed in Tehran for taking photographs of the exterior of a prison in 2003 and a stereotypical lavish Persian woman who wears the slinkiest of designer dresses beneath her head-to-toe Burqa (which she claims to adore). Other stories include a young girl who kills herself after being severely reprimanded for listening to music and a woman being punished for a moral sin that she has committed by being buried up to her neck in a shallow grave and then stoned to death.
Since premiering in 2005, in which it became the winner of the 2005 Los Angeles Theatre Festival’s Critics’ Choice Award, “Beneath the Veil” has shared its powerful message with audiences across the country. Previous performances include The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center, and the Geffen Playhouse. Past speakers and honorary chairs for previous performances include First Lady Laura Bush, international journalist Rudi Bakhtiar, former representative to the United Nation’s General Assembly Goli Ameri, and deputy executive director of Amnesty International Timothy Higdon.
“Beneath the Veil” is presented by Mary Apick Productions, Inc. in association with the Armenian American Medical Society’s Women’s Auxiliary, Glendale Arts, YWCA of Glendale and the City of Glendale Commission on the Status of Women. A portion of the proceeds from the Alex Theatre performance will go to the Armenian American Medical Society’s Women’s Auxiliary and the YWCA of Glendale.
Ticket Prices:
VIP Ticket: $125.00 Includes pre and post receptions and prime Orchestra seating.
For VIP Tickets go to www.itsmyseat.com
Orchestra Level Seating: $75.00 / $55.00
Terrace Level Seating: $55.00
Balcony Seating: $35.00
Special Student Price (Balcony Only): $25.00 Promo Code VEILSTUDENT
Go to the Glendale Arts webpage for tickets or more information.
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