Out now! Springtime in the USA by Rawya El Chab
Listen to Episode 3 of It Is Happening Again
Mr. Jean lies in his bed on life support while events unfold around him. History repeats itself leading us to today. Who will dare to knock on their neighbors’ door and wake them from their sleep?
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Credits
Written & directed by Rawya El Chab
With Jeffrey Gardere as Mr. Jean, Aline Salloum as Nurse, and Teri Madonna, Rawya El Chab and Lianne El Souki as Neighbors
Sound design by Leonie Bell
Mastered by Kegan Zema
Recorded at Spaceman Sound
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About the artist
Rawya El Chab is a NYC-based theater maker whose work amplifies voices from the margins through a multidisciplinary practice rooted in archival research, poetry, and audiovisual experimentation. Her storytelling examines how personal and political narratives intersect to challenge dominant historical frameworks.
Recent productions include Crossing the Water at The Brick Theater (2025), Lula 19/85 & the Pearl of Bekaa at La MaMa Theater (2024), The Gambler at The Loading Dock (2022), and The Meltdown at Rattlestick Theater (2021). In 2025, she also directed selections from Cameron Stewart’s Vivian Oblivion at The Brick and wrote her first audio play, Springtime in America, commissioned by Mind Dream Theater.
She is currently developing Whispers Are the Shape of the Soul, a time-based performance exploring defiance and solidarity under authoritarian rule, and The Immortal and the Rise and Fall of the Jarmak Battalion, set to premiere at The Brick Theater in 2027.
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Revisit our previous season 1 episodes:
Knock Knock Knock by Theresa Buchheister
Der Tag Der Kinder or Hamelin Revisited by Devon Wade Granmo
