The War Zone is My Bed and Other Plays (Seagull Books - In Performance)

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Yasmine Beverly Ranax2019;s The War Zone is My Bed and Other Plays followsxA0;journeys of spiritual destruction and redemption from the banks of the Mississippi River and the fallen levees of New Orleans to the conflict-ravaged streets of Sarajevo and Kabul. The xA0;charactersxA0;in Ranax2019;s politically charged and moving plays attempt to seek and sustain love in violent circumstances.xA0; xA0; In the title play, The War Zone is My Bed, a prostitute from Kabul and a journalist from BosniaxA0;stumble through a maze of brutality to find solace withinxA0;each other. In Blood Sky a traumatic event is triggered by a mysterious, animalistic call. Also collected here are Returning, in which a photographer from Sarajevo is torn between his role as an artist and victim of war and Paradise, where, as the Mississippi River rises, two lovers who are also illegal immigrants, debate whether they should stay in New OrleansxA0;and risk their livesxA0;or fleex2014;and, thereby reveal their illegal status. xA0; The War Zone is My Bed presents the topical and intense plays of one of the most interesting new voices in American theater.xA0;

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Born in New Orleans, playwright Yasmine Beverly Rana is also a creative arts therapist and has worked with refugees in Bosnia, the Republic of Georgia, and Switzerland.