"Could you Please Look Into the Camera" by Mohammad Al Attar

Playwright: Mohammad Al Attar

Director: Aktina Stathaki

Venue: LPAC (LaGuardia Performing Arts Center) & TheaterLab

Event: Rough Draft Festival

Role: Noura 

Source: ArabLit

Written in 2011, the play is based on interviews of young Syrians detained by the Assad regime. It examines the relationships that develop between a filmmaker, Noura, and three young protesters. A 2012 Glasgow production got a strong review and four stars from The Scotsman, and the New York Times reported that a 2012 Beirut production, staged for one night only, “electrified” the audience.

This was not Al Attar’s fist internationally recognized play. His earlier Withdrawal, included in the 2010 anthology Plays from the Arab World, was adapted for performances in London, New York, New Delhi, Berlin, Tunisia, and Beirut. His Online premiered at London’s Royal Court Theatre.