My Name is Rachel Corrie

My Name is Rachel Corrie

Location:

Havana Theatre

Performance dates:

January 2008

Show Info

In March 2003, 23-year-old Rachel Corrie of Olympia, Washington, was crushed to death by an Israeli Defense Forces bulldozer in the Gaza strip. A volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement, Corrie was protesting the destruction of Palestinian homes.

Shortly after her death, several of her e-mails home from Gaza were published in a number of media outlets, including in the Guardian UK. British actor and director Alan Rickman then approached Royal Court Theatre about finding a way to tell Rachel’s story onstage. A year after her death, Corrie’s family sent the theatre 184 pages of documents, some dating back to her childhood. A mosaic of letters, emails, to do lists and journal entries, My Name is Rachel Corrie explored an extraordinary young woman’s singular experience in a region most of us only know from the news.

Creative Team

  • Presented by: PuSH International Performing Arts Festival

  • Co-Produced by: Neworld Theatre and Teesri Duniya Theatre

  • Edited Scipt by: Alan Rickman and Katherine Viner

  • Directed by: Sarah Garton Stanley

  • Collaborating direction by: Marcus Youssef

  • Performed by: Adrienne Wong

  • Stage Manager: Beatrice Campbell

  • Set, Costume, and Prop Design by: Ana Cappelluto

  • Lighting Designer: Itai Erdal

  • Sound Designer: Peter Cerone

  • Video Designer: Candelario Andrade

  • Sound and Video Systems Design: Jesse Ash

  • Production Manager and Technical Director: Jody Burkholder

Land Acknowledgement

Neworld is grateful to create our work on the unceded and traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples, specifically the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.