The Land is more relevant now than ever. Please help me take it to the next step by donating $5.00 to the pay pal link provided on the sidebar. I will start updating the blog as the Mid East continues to explode. I'll post a link to the play itself on the blog in the coming days. My prayers go out to all the family members of all the children caught in the crossfire of ignorance and blind hate.

Redux

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The Land

When I wrote this play, I intended it to be viewed as an impassioned plea for forgiveness and understanding after centuries of misunderstanding and deep wounds on both sides. Instead it garnered incredible controversy here in Taos, where I work shopped it, and staged it twice over a two year period. Now, more than ever, it really needs to b

Both Sides Now

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Above, from Jerusalem...
Below from Jerusalem...
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Same As It Ever Was

The Land does not lie fallow. I've been writing a film treatment of the play in hopes of generating some serious interest and getting this story to a wider audience. The situation in the region remains at a stalemate - no surprise to many of us - Marwan Barghouti is still being held prisoner, the Palestinians are denied real leadership and the Right Wing Zionist Government in Israel persists in its apartheid policies. Nothing has changed. Today Ben-Zion Netanyahu, Benjamin Netanyahu's father passed away at 102 years of age. One has to wonder whether the passing of this formidable man who directly informed his son's ideology, will free Bibi from a lifelong gridlock regarding the Palestinian Arabs.

The More Things Change

The more they stay the same! Gilad Shalit was finally released after years in Hammas custody. Apparently his kidnappers treated him well and honored their word, returning him to Israel in exchange for over 1000 political prisoners held in Israeli prisons. Parents were happy, people were experiencing glimmers of hope - if the "terrorists" could negotiate w/Israel regarding the prisoner swap, perhaps other things were negotiable as well....Today I see, Gaza was hit by IAF jets and rockets are now raining on Israel's border towns once again. Methinks it is time to resurrect The Land! If you'd like to help, please donate via our paypal button on the sidebar. It's costly to put on this play and although we all work for nothing but the cause, it helps if our expenses are covered! Please browse the blog archives for more information and feel free to contact us with any and all questions. Comments are also appreciated!

Borders what borders?

It's been awhile since I posted here but the latest events in the so-called Holy Land have made me more determined than ever before to take this play to a wider audience. In the past month we have witnessed the continued failure of the peace process along with protests by Palestinian refugees on Israel's alleged borders. What borders I ask? The Golan Heights were annexed by Israel in War, no international Body of Law recognises them as legally belonging to the Zionist State. Meanwhile inexplicable force has been used to prevent these unarmed protesters from crossing into Israel. Innocent people are once again dying. Over in Gaza, Hamas continues to hold the people it claims to represent, prisoner, by closing the Rafa crossing with Egypt just weeks after it was opened finally for the first time in years! We must start to look at the greater agendas at work, which is what this play, The Land attempts to do. Without placing blame, The Land looks at the ongoing violent scenario through new eyes and gives voice to the people on both sides who's lives have been torn asunder by the few who hold power in their hands. Please help us continue to stage this play wherever and whenever we can. Any donation will be appreciated. Our paypal button is on the right of this page, above ourTwitter and Facebook links. Please click those too. Share our link wherevr you can! Thank you from the cast and crew of The Land.

The Land

Yesterday's explosion in Jerusalem that killed a British National and wounded over thirty others is a clue that the so-called Peace Process that seeks a two-state solution in Israel/Palestine is an obsolete notion. As rockets fly into Israel from Gaza once more,and Israel retaliates with supreme force, The Land is even more relevant than ever before. Please spread our blog link far and wide and help us have this play staged everywhere, so people can understand the truth about the political agendas that have created this conflict without end.

While the cat's away...

As the rest of the world concerns itself with Japan, Libya and other uprisings in the Mid-East, Israel takes this opportunity to retaliate to Hamas mortar fire, with five bombings in the last week, killing children and civillians. The Land takes a strong stand against Hamas/Iran's continual interferance in the interests of Peace, along with American backing of a so-called Jewish State that does not stand for Jewish values of protecting ALL life. With Syria now in the loop with peaceful protests being violently shut down, we cannot stand by and watch while greater, global agendas continue to thwart peace in the region. Please share our link and help us in any way you can, to have this play seen everywhere! We can be contacted at the address provided on the right side of this page.

Celebrating Women

The Land celebrates women everywhere!