Carol Abboud and Dory al-Samarani portray two wounded souls in search of redemption in ''The Monster'' at Monnot. (Credit: Photo courtesy of Jacques Maroon)
Amid the outbreaks of madness, violence and brutality that shake Lebanon and the region in the wake of Iranian-U.S.-Israeli wars, ''The Monster,'' directed by Jacques Maroon and starring Carol Abboud and Dory al-Samarani, on stage at the Monnot Theater, puts its finger on the wound. The show invites us to question our relationship with ourselves, the cruelty and fragility that coexist within each of us, to seek out the remaining traces of light inside us, and above all, to ask ourselves where salvation lies.Adapted from ''Danny and the Deep Blue Sea'' by American playwright, director and screenwriter John Patrick Shanley, translated into Arabic by Arze Khodr, the play delves into the depths of the human soul and the scars left by life’s tragedies, violence, the harshness of society’s gaze, and life’s...
Amid the outbreaks of madness, violence and brutality that shake Lebanon and the region in the wake of Iranian-U.S.-Israeli wars, ''The Monster,'' directed by Jacques Maroon and starring Carol Abboud and Dory al-Samarani, on stage at the Monnot Theater, puts its finger on the wound. The show invites us to question our relationship with ourselves, the cruelty and fragility that coexist within each of us, to seek out the remaining traces of light inside us, and above all, to ask ourselves where salvation lies.Adapted from ''Danny and the Deep Blue Sea'' by American playwright, director and screenwriter John Patrick Shanley, translated into Arabic by Arze Khodr, the play delves into the depths of the human soul and the scars left by life’s tragedies, violence, the harshness of society’s gaze, and...