09/19/2025
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We’re excited to announce that TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE for the world premiere of our new, full-length play by Hanna Eady, “Almonds Blossom in Deir Yassin”! The play focuses on four people with inextricable ties to the historical village of Deir Yassin, the site of a massacre of Palestinian men, women, and children in 1948 by Zionist paramilitary troops. The village has now been replaced by an Israeli psychiatric hospital, and the play opens with the last surviving member of the Zionist militia being invited to the site of Deir Yassin for a ceremony honoring his heroic contribution to the founding of the State of Israel. The elderly militia commander finds that he must struggle with the demands of the State and with his own moral conscience as he converses with a young Israeli psychiatrist, as well as with a Palestinian woman who may or may not be a survivor of the massacre. With a multiplicity of voices and vividly surreal scenes, the play delves into Palestinian collective memory to deliver a profoundly relevant narrative about atrocity, displacement, human relationships, and hope.
Playwright Eady says, “Through remembrance, storytelling, and resilience, the play demonstrates the essence of Palestinian sumud, or steadfastness. This is not a passive quality, but an active one that perseveres through attempts to silence historical truths.”
The show will run Wednesday – Saturday nights at 7:30 pm, October 23 – November 15, 2025, at Cherry Street Village, 720 25th Ave, Seattle WA 98122. Previews on October 23 & 24. Opening night is October 25. For tickets (at a sliding scale) and the full schedule, visit:
https://www.onthestage.tickets/show/dunya-productions/68a60cc29f23ba1000be2893/tickets #/productions-view
We would like to thank Donkeysaddle Projects as co-producer for this play. We'd also like to thank 4Culture, Office of Arts & Culture Seattle, National Endowment for the Arts, Artist Trust, SCM, and Cherry Street Village for helping to make this production possible. We look forward to seeing you there!
