Enter Ghost

Research the roles Sonia has throughout her theater career: Pierrot in Pierrot Assassin by Paul Margueritte, Solange in The Maids by Jean Genet, Arkadina in The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, and Gertrude in Hamlet. How do these roles give insight into Sonia’s personality? What do these roles have in common? How does Sonia feel about these roles?

Many elements of Mariam’s production of Hamlet are improvised or haphazard. Describe some of these elements. What do they suggest about the challenges artists and performers face in the occupied West Bank? Do these challenges enhance or diminish the production?

Compare and contrast the members of the Nasir family. What do they have in common? How are they distinct from one another? How do their relationships to Palestinian Identity and Resistance compare?