Aspiring actor rises to stage
Richard Ouzounian, Theatre Critic | The Toronto Star May 29, 2008 Bethany Jillard knows that playing someone as controversial as Rachel Corrie brings its own burden along with it. “There are people...
View ArticleThis Name is simply stunning
John Coulbourn | The Toronto Sun June 6, 2008 Rachel Corrie was an articulate young American who, some suggest, was working out of her political depth. Yet no one has ever said she was working with...
View Article“My Name is Rachel Corrie” nominated for awards in Edmonton, Canada!
Theatre Yes’s production of “My Name is Rachel Corrie” in Edmonton, Canada has been nominated for four Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards (Edmonton, Canada’s theatre awards)! For more information about...
View ArticleLet Me Stand Alone
June 11, 2008 | Myopic Bookstore One of the best kept secrets at Myopic is our extensive collection of biographies housed in our becobwebbed basement. Filling over 20 bookcases, the biography section...
View ArticleDateline Australia: My Name is Rachel Corrie
Amos Roberts | Dateline Australia Video Segment June 4, 2008 Rachel Corrie was a young American peace activist killed in Gaza five years ago while trying to stop Israel bulldozing Palestinian homes to...
View ArticleRachel Corrie a one-sided but powerful look at intifadah
David Silverberg | The Canadian Jewish News June 12, 2008 TORONTO — At first glance, a play about Rachel Corrie could be seen as a defence of the Palestians during the second intifadah. But My Name Is...
View ArticleControversial play finally makes it to the Toronto stage
Alison Broverman | National Post May 28, 2008 My Name is Rachel Corrie hasn’t had an easy time finding its way on to a stage in Toronto. The play, which has been enshrouded in controversy since its...
View ArticleMy Name is Rachel Corrie Has Something to Say, and Says it Well
David Berry | VUE Weekly; Edmonton’s 100% Independent News & Entertainment Weekly Week of April 3, 2008 Even if Theatre Yes’s production of My Name is Rachel Corrie was half as good as it actually...
View ArticleIt’s about a girl, not Mideast politics
Richard Ouzounian, Theatre Critic | The Toronto Star June 5, 2008 There are actually three plays inside of My Name Is Rachel Corrie, which opened at the Tarragon Extra Space last night, and two of the...
View ArticleGrief Crosses All Boundaries
A new play about the life of a young woman run down by Israeli forces in Gaza may be politically controversial, but it speaks to cross-cultural human truths that deserve an audience. By Eleanor Clift |...
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