The Siege

The Freedom Theatre, based in the West Bank city Jenin, made international news in 2011 when its founder was assassinated by a masked gunman. Now the company visits NYU Skirball for 10 performances of a drama inspired by the standoff that followed the 2002 occupation of Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity by militants seeking sanctuary during an Israeli military action. The piece, created and directed by Nabil Al-Raee and Zoe Lafferty, is performed in Arabic with English subtitles.