Schedule/feature

No Place Called Home

Performances will be Wed-Sat at 7:30PM, Sundays at 2 pm (except 10/10 which is at 7:30)

At the Wild Project
195 East 3rd St between Avenues A and B in the East Village
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Wednesday October 6 (Preview Performance), 7:30pm

Thursday October 7th (Preview Performance), 7:30pm

Post-show music session featuring Amikaeyla Gaston and Adalet R. Garmiany.

Amikaeyla Gaston: Proclaimed one of the “purest contemporary voices…” by National Public Radio, Gaston embraces the best of many types of music.  Composer/Musician for No Place Called Home,  the D.C. born musician have been recognized as D.C.’s Best Female Composer (2006 and 2008), and her debut album received 12 Music Awards including Best Jazz Vocalist and Best Debut Artist.  Her latest project, entitled Uncertain Odyssey, is based on conversations with Iraqi Refugees in Beirut, Amman, and Damascus as part of IVAP.

Adalet R. Garmiany: Originally from Kurdistan/Iraq, Garmiany is an artist, performer and musician who serves as the director of ArtRole, a UK-based contemporary arts organization developing international cultural exchanges with the Middle East.

Friday October 8th: Opening Night with post-show reception, 7:30pm

Saturday October 9th, 7:30pm

Post-show talkback with special guest Emmy Takahashi.

Emmy Takahashi: Takahashi is a Senior Policy Advisor for the  U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Office in New York. She joined UNHCR in 1988 at UNHCR Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, and has been part of UN work throughout the world. Her experience includes various field assignments, such as Field Officer in Namibia (1989), Programme Officer in Guatemala (from 1992 -  95) and North Caucasus/Russia (1995- 96), Field Officer in Eastern Slavonia/Croatia (1996- 97), Repatriation Officer in Sarajevo, Bosnia (1997- 99), Deputy Representative in Greece (2000-02) and Senior External Relations Officer on secondment with the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Jordan (2003-05).

Sunday October 10th, 7:30pm

3LD Art & Technology Center
80 Greenwich St, Downtown
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Wednesday October 13th, 7:30pm

Thursday October 14th, 7:30pm

Post-show talk back with special guests Ehad Alkuttub, Kim Schultz, and C. Eduardo Vargas. This panel will be moderated by Sara Reef, Intersections Director of Intercultural Initiatives.

Ehab Alkuttub: Alkuttub is a candidate for a Master in International Relations with a concentration on Human Rights from Columbia University. He is currently working as a Project Coordinator to the Iraqi Human Rights Project in Proskauer Rose LLP, one of the largest pro-bono initiatives that helped more than 400 Iraqi refugees obtain asylum in the United States. Prior to this, he interned at the United Nation High Commission for Human Rights.

Kim Schultz: Schultz is a NY based actress/writer and has performed for The Hamptons Shakespeare Festival, Oberon Theatre, Themantics Group, among other venues. Nationally, she has performed at The Guthrie Theatre, Childrens’ Theatre Co. and Theatre de la Jeune Lune, Chicago Improv Fest, The Brave New Workshop and in a HBO Comedy Showcase in LA.

C. Eduardo Vargas: Vargas is the Director of Advocacy and Public Policy for Intersections International. He speaks both locally and internationally on the Iraqi refugee crisis, and has authored numerous articles on this subject. Before joining Intersections, Vargas worked with Caritas Internationalis at the United Nations to raise awareness, and advocated for the needs of internally displaced persons and refugees.

Friday October 15th, 7:30pm

Post-show talk back with special guest Jim Welby.

Jim Welby: Welby is the Co-Chairperson of the Manhattan Support Group of the Iraqi Student Project. He was introduced to the project by the Founders Gabe Huck and Theresa Kubusak and jumped on board with Lisa Ripperger to form a support group for Randa Mohammed, a student in her sophomore year at Manhattan College. Jim has engaged family, friends and local Catholic parishes to support the needs of the project and with Lisa will be planning a fundraiser for the project in the near future.

The Iraqi Student Project is a grass-roots effort to help young people who have studied in Iraq acquire the education they need to participate in rebuilding their country. To this end, ISP seeks the help of American colleges to offer these students that which the United States does very well: excellent undergraduate education

Saturday October 16th, 7:30pm

Sunday October 17th, 2pm

Post-show talk back with special guest Amnah Almukhtar.

Amnah Almukhtar: Almukhtar is a student of international studies and philosophy in her last year at Fordham University. She has spent the majority of her life here in the US but was born in Baghdad and still has family residing in Iraq. She is a co-leader of the support group for Othman Mashhadani, an Iraqi student studying at NYU Polytechnic Institute in Brooklyn through the Iraqi Student Project.

The Iraqi Student Project is a grass-roots effort to help young people who have studied in Iraq acquire the education they need to participate in rebuilding their country. To this end, ISP seeks the help of American colleges to offer these students that which the United States does very well: excellent undergraduate education

Mile Square Theatre
@ Monroe Center
720 Monroe Street #E202, Hoboken, NJ 07030
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Wednesday October 2oth, 7:30pm

Thursday October 21th, 7:30pm

Friday October 22th, 7:30pm

Saturday October 23th, 7:30pm

Sunday October 24st, 2pm

the cell
338 West 23rd St, Chelsea
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Wednesday October 27th, 7:30pm

Post-show talk back with special guests Lawrence J. Winters, Scott Thompson, and Andrew Roberts.

Lawrence J. Winters, BPS, LMHC: Winters is a veteran, author and poet who works at Four Winds Hospital as the Coordinator of Veteran Treatment. His book, The Making and Un-making of a Marine, is a personal memoir reflecting upon one Marine’s journey from duty in the Vietnam War to reintegrating back into the world after the conflict has ended.

Scott Thompson, MDiv, MS, LMHC: Thompson is a Program Coordinator for Intersections International, and heads up the Veteran-Civilian Dialogue project. With a twenty year career in psychology, he maintains a private psychotherapy practice and directed mental health training programs in Manhattan. He has presented at local, national and international workshops and has spent his professional career integrating psychological and spiritual approaches to helping others.

Andrew Roberts: Roberts is a decorated veteran who currently serves as the Deputy Director of the NY State Division of Veterans’ Affairs. Prior to this, served in the US Army Field Artillery officer from 1997-2004.  During his deployment in Iraq, he served as the American liaison for the local government of Balad Ruz, and was responsible for the security of the city as well as the reorganization and training of the local police, Iraqi National Guard units, and Iraqi Border Patrol.

The Veteran – Civilian Dialogue is a comprehensive and replicable program that works to empower veterans to fully re-integrate into civilian society and educate civilians to the unique needs and strengths of returning military personnel. These conversations explore the ways that war impacts us all, veterans and civilians alike.

Thursday October 28th, 7:30pm

Friday October 29th, 7:30pm

Bob Carey is the IRC’s vice president of resettlement and migration policy, leading the agency’s efforts in supporting systematic change in domestic and international resettlement.  He works closely with the Advocacy and External Relations Departments to improve both the way refugees are resettled and supported in the U.S., and the mechanisms through which the UN and the international community address the needs of those requiring resettlement.  Mr. Carey is also the current chair of Refugee Council USA, a coalition of non-profits focused on refugee protection, and frequently represents the IRC at meetings of the UNHCR and on U.S. delegations. 

Prior to his current position, Mr. Carey oversaw the department’s operations as Vice President.   Before joining the IRC in 1985, he worked as the director of immigration for the Tolstoy Foundation, and also in the private sector. Mr. Carey, a graduate of Trinity College, frequently speaks to the media about resettlement, refugee admissions and U.S. immigration policy.  He has appeared on the BBC, CNN, MSNBC and NPR, and been interviewed by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and The San Jose Mercury News among other publications.

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and in 22 U.S. cities, the IRC restores safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.

Saturday October 30th, 7:30pm

Sunday October 31st, 2pm