Controversial play to hit N.Y.
A play about an American human-rights activist who died in the Gaza Strip will open in New York in October, six months after it was pulled from the schedule at another theater amid charges of censorship.
“My Name Is Rachel Corrie” is a one-woman show based on diaries and e-mails written by the 23-year-old U.S. rights campaigner killed by an Israeli bulldozer on March 16, 2003, while trying to prevent demolition of a Palestinian building.
Producers Dena Hammerstein and Pam Pariseau said in a statement Thursday that the play would open at the off-Broadway Minetta Lane Theatre on Oct. 15, for a limited run to Nov. 19.
The play, directed by Alan Rickman, was a hit in London last year and had been scheduled to open in March at the New York Theater Workshop.
But just weeks before it was due to open, the theater told its British partners the production was postponed after discussions with people in the arts, “religious leaders” and “representatives of the Jewish community.”
Rickman accused the theater of censorship, and the decision sparked heated debate about politics and freedom of speech in the arts.
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