NEW YORK―Six Syrian actors battled a fraught US visa process to tread the boards in New York this week, seeking to impress on American theater goers the human cost of a war raging halfway round the world. It doesn’t seem to have a resolution, I hope it will soon,” said Henrietta Gwaltney, a New York social worker. The four-night production brings six actors as well as additional Syrian crew members to New York. Written by playwright Mohammad Al Attar, the play premiered in Brussels last year and has already toured Europe and Japan. “I still really believe that’s important, but I think for the majority of Syrians who are inside Syria, this is not important anymore.”

Source: The Standard July 20, 2017 13:52 UTC