The Horse of Jenin – Jan 09-12

CREDITS

GOH Productions is collaborating with 55B Productions on the project.‍

Written and performed by Alaa Shehada
Directed by Katrien van Beurden and Thomas van Ouwerkerk
Stand-up comedy & script consultant – Sam Beale
Masks – Den Durand
Music – Remy van Kesteren and Khalil Albatran
Dramaturgy – Maarten Bos
Production support (Amsterdam) – Monique Bos
Portrait Photography – Dario & Misja 

Alaa Shehada is an actor and comedian who was educated at The Freedom Theatre Acting School in Jenin, Palestine, a company nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in February 2024. Alaa is a co-founder of The Palestine Comedy Club, a core member of Troupe Courage in Amsterdam, and a “Doctor-Clown” with Red Noses International. He toured extensively in the USA and Australia with Amir Nizar Zuabi’s Grey Rock (UTR 2020), a play about love and dreams in Palestine. He is a recipient of a Jury Award at the International Festival of Liberal Theatre in Jordan, Best Show at the Palestinian National Theatre Festival 2018, and Best Script Co-Writer 2019 for London Jenin. He is one of the few Palestinian men who is still unmarried.‍

Part of Under The Radar, the annual festival of experimental theater.

Under the Radar is the United States’ premier festival of experimental theater and performance art. As a long-time New York City-based platform for cutting-edge work hailing from around the globe. Produced by ArKtype with Festival Director Mark Russell, UTR has been reimagined in its 20th annual season as a city-wide celebration that incisively speaks to our moment. Rather than being tied to a single host institution, Under the Radar’s current iteration is curated collaboratively with an array of renowned arts organizations and curators, each harnessing the connective nature of the festival format to introduce some of the world’s most innovative multidisciplinary voices to wider audiences. The 2025 edition of UTR will include over 33 distinct programs at 24 theater spaces, presenting more than 250 performances in only 16 days from January 4 to 19. The depth, breadth and excellence of this year’s festival serves as proof that collaboration can power the American theater through this era of existential crisis into a reinvigorated future of conjoined artists ready to embrace diversity, challenge and reinvention.

Staff Festival Founder + Director:  Mark Russell 

Co-Creative Director/Producer-in-Residence:  Meropi Peponides 

Co-Creative Director/Artist-in-Residence:  Kaneza Schaal 

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Producing Fellow: Joy Chen 

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