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...question is: Which government? In Gardez, the man officially in charge of the province of Paktia?Raz Mohammad Delili?is a poised Afghan with a law degree and a formal appointment by the government of President Hamid Karzai. But a few kilometers outside the provincial capital, there's another center of power: Pacha Khan Zadran, arguably Afghanistan's most erratic warlord, whose 3,000-strong army patrols the jagged, mountainous routes from Gardez to the tribal areas of Pakistan. They're hunting for al-Qaeda members on the run and report on their luck to Charlie and his American colleagues...
...play takes place as Cassandra (Daniella Raz) and her sister Polyxena (Esme Howard) are in the temple of Apollo waiting for the Greeks, led by Achilles, to storm the temple and capture them. According to myth, Cassandra, who refused the god Apollo's advances, has been cursed by him to speak the truth but never be believed. As a result, she knows what will happen to both herself and her sister. When Cassandra explains that Polyxena must show herself to the Greeks, after which she will be burned and Cassandra will be taken across the sea and murdered, Polyxena...
...play moves along at a fast pace, due to the strong and well-developed main characters. Raz plays the part of the prophetic but crazy virginal sister with grace. Her poise on stage keeps the play from veering into the mere representation of a politically motivated concept. By creating the switch from despondent to revitalized prophetess believably, she counterbalances Howard's energy and also propels the play forward...
...evening, participants watched "Calling it Rape," a play produced by Daniela Raz '94 that draws from Harvard women's experiences with sexual violence...
After every performance a discussion period is held in which members of the audience talk with the actors about the play. Due to the sensitive nature of topics discussed, members of counseling groups attend every performance, and ice-cream is served to make the post-discussion period more comfortable. Raz hopes the selections that comprise the play stimulate the discussion. "The object is not to stuff ideas down people's throats," Raz said. "It makes it charged not to say 'this is right' and 'this is wrong...