The Petrol Station, 2017
Running time, 95 minutes
Performed in English
Co-producers: The Eisenhower Theater at the Kennedy Center,
NYU Gallatin School.
Running time, 95 minutes
Performed in English
Co-producers: The Eisenhower Theater at the Kennedy Center,
NYU Gallatin School.
Drawing inspiration from Sumerian myth, Palestinian refugee literature and Americana iconography around the Gas Station; Petrol Station portrays a modern dystopia of wild, open spaces, where defunct ideologies, desperate migrants and opportunistic traffickers vie for supremacy and the unattainable body of a woman.
This production marks the first time that Al Bassam worked with a cast of actors who all identify as American: an experiment in allegory, further exploring questions of trans-cultural appropriation and identity politics.
This production marks the first time that Al Bassam worked with a cast of actors who all identify as American: an experiment in allegory, further exploring questions of trans-cultural appropriation and identity politics.