{"product_id":"the-black-eyed-architecture-9780881454017","title":"The Black Eyed \u0026 Architecture","description":"This collection includes one full-length play, THE BLACK EYED, and one short play, ARCHITECTURE. THE BLACK EYED: Four Arab women from across the ages meet in the afterlife. As these characters - who include the Biblical Delilah and a secular modern Arab-American - struggle to come to terms with their lives and their choices, this shockingly funny play skewers traditional views on sex, family, and terrorism. ARCHITECTURE: A short play based on the character of the Architect from the play THE BLACK EYED. \"A gorgeously conceived and realized drama ...  Shamieh's] theatrical imagination, in its agility and its urgency, brings to mind Tony Kushner, whose faith in eloquence as an instrument of change is echoed here.\" -The New Yorker \"Shamieh's writing is powerful  Violence haunts the four Palestinian women occupying an anteroom of the afterlife ... these souls in Samuel Beckett-like transit are The Black Eyed which happens to be the title of Betty Shamieh's provocative theater piece.\" -International Herald Tribune \"A chillingly beautiful piece about the relationship between seduction and violence \" -San Francisco Weekly \"From its first words, Shamieh's play grabs you and won't let go.\" -Oakland Tribune \"Shamieh's writing is thoughtful, her perspective informed.\" -The New York Times\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Broadway Play Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50846404837650,"sku":"9780881454017","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_01b5eea1-9698-4e87-978c-32c667ab94c9.jpg?v=1737362856","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-black-eyed-architecture-9780881454017","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}