This event is in the past.It took place on May 9, 2026 at The Lenfest Center for the Arts.
PlayPlayA radical student activist and her immortal boyfriend navigate protest, survival, and intimacy in this politically-charged new play. Silma Sierra Berrada weaves magic realism through themes of ancestral haunting, grief, and the ache of inheritance.
New play premiere
Political theater
Magic realism
Student activism
Tips
🎭"BEAUTIFUL WORK 👏🏾" (Google review)
✍️Playwright Silma Sierra Berrada is African American & Moroccan
🎪Part of Columbia's New Plays Festival
New Plays Festival: 'Alala & The Scarman'
Manhattanville
PlayPlayA radical student activist and her immortal boyfriend navigate protest, survival, and intimacy in this politically-charged new play. Silma Sierra Berrada weaves magic realism through themes of ancestral haunting, grief, and the ache of inheritance.
New play premiere
Political theater
Magic realism
Student activism
Tips
🎭"BEAUTIFUL WORK 👏🏾" (Google review)
✍️Playwright Silma Sierra Berrada is African American & Moroccan
🎪Part of Columbia's New Plays Festival
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