FarFar Oasis NOW RUNNING! One more weekend April 23 – 26
April 20, 2009
FarFar Oasis
“Where the warm winds of the East become the hot air of the West”
In the early 20th Century, Europeans and Americans indulged romantic notions of the Middle Eastern Desert in popular culture: Rudolph Valentino’s The Sheik was an international sensation, spawning a host of imitators and the hit song, “The Sheik of Araby”; R.J. Reynolds used the long-standing allure of the desert and pyramids to sell Camel Cigarettes, while Gertrude Bell and Freya Stark actually went exploring and mapping the region, writing for a ravenously fascinated public. FarFar Oasis takes as its point of departure this rich cultural phenomenon, contrasting the era’s charmed perceptions with the reality they missed, in a pastiche of poetry, image and song. It is the companion piece to our original theatrical scrapbook, Low Tide Hotel and will feature Mark Jaster, Sabrina Mandell, Scott Sedar and Tina Chancey.
It will run at the Round House Theatre in Silver Spring from April 16th – 26th, 2009. For Tickets click HERE
Reviews:
