Grantee Spotlight: New Arab American Theater Works

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MRAC’s Grantee Spotlight is a new series to showcase the impact of MRAC’s funding across communities.

New Arab American Theater Works

Disciplines: Theater / Music MRAC Grant Program: Arts Impact for Groups, 2023

A group of smiling SWANA (Southwest Asian and North African) and Muslim playwrights, actors, and director standing together
Image Description: A group of smiling SWANA (Southwest Asian and North African) and Muslim playwrights, actors, and director standing together in front of a brick wall during the Playwright Incubator Program. April 2023. Photo by Makeen Osman.

About This Grantee

Image description: Two Palestinian actors perform a scene from ‘Road to the City of Apples’ in June 2015. One actor wears a green shirt and is handling a steering wheel. The other actor is wearing a read shirt and is pointing off to the distance. Photo by Bruce Silcox.

New Arab American Theater Works is a Minnesota based collective of SWANA

(Southwest Asian/North African) and Muslim American playwrights, musicians, and performing artists.

We fill a void in the local and national scene where Arab and Muslim Americans frequently lack voice and opportunities.

 

 

 

 

Image Description: New Arab American Theater Work’s drumming group, ‘Yalla Drum Troupe’, are holding their various hand drums on a downtown Minneapolis rooftop. Photo by Bruce Silcox.

Impact Statement

“MRAC’s funding has allowed us to fulfill our mission by aiding us in programming our work, paying artists, and helping with the operation of our organization. MRAC has been a constant support that we have greatly appreciated and depended on throughout the years of providing arts opportunities for our community. “

– Kathy Haddad, Founding Artistic Executive Director

 

Image Description: Three actresses are huddled around an actress who is reading during a scene for ‘Zafira and the Resistance’, 2019. Photo by Bruce Silcox.

MRAC’s Grantee Spotlight is a new series to showcase the impact of MRAC’s funding across communities.

Stay connected with this month’s grantee: New Arab American Theater Works

Social Media

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Upcoming events

Women of SWANA cultural and community workshop series starting in January. Visit their website for more information: www.newarabamericantheaterworks.org

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