Karen Malpede 
Plays in Time 
The Beekeeper’s Daughter, Prophecy, Another Life, Extreme Whether

Plays in Time collects four plays by Karen Malpede set during influential events from the late twentieth century to the present: the Bosnian war and rape camps; the invasion and occupation of Iraq and Israel’s 2006 bombardment of Lebanon; 9/11 and the US torture programme; and the heroism of climate scientists facing attack from well-funded climate change deniers. In each play in this anthology, nature, poetry, ritual and empathy are presented in contrast to the abuse of persons and world. Despite their serious topics, the plays are full of humour and distinctively entertaining personalities.

 

Each play was developed by Theater Three Collaborative for production in New York and internationally in Italy, Australia, London, Berlin and Paris.

 

Tabella dei contenuti

Foreword

Marvin Carlson


 


The Drama of the Thinking Heart

Karen Malpede


 


Part I

‘The Beekeeper’s Daughter’


 


On ‘The Beekeeper’s Daughter’

Christen Clifford


 


Part II

‘Prophecy’


 


On ‘Prophecy’

Najla Said


 


Part III

‘Another Life’


What She Makes Us See

Rebecca Gordon


 


Part IV

‘Extreme Whether’


Imagining the Present Future: Thoughts on ‘Extreme Whether’

Alexander M. Schlutz


 


Afterword: A Feminist Theatre 

Cindy Rosenthal


 


Part V: Production Photographs 

Beatriz Tiche Schille and Ari Mintz

Circa l’autore

Karen Malpede is co-founder, resident playwright and director of Theater Three Collaborative and the author of eighteen plays; she is editor of Women in Theater: Compassion and Hope and author of A Monster Has Stolen the Sun and Other Plays. She is on the theater and environmental justice faculties at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York.