Performance of the play “My Name is Rachel Corrie”
When: Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 2:00pm
Where: Angell Hall Auditorium A, UM
Cost: Free
Sponsored by Arts at Michigan and the Michigan Student Assembly.
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Rachel Corrie (1979 – 2003) was an Evergreen College student from the USA who traveled to the Gaza Strip. She was killed in 2003 by a Caterpillar D9R armored bulldozer operated by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) during her protest against the destruction of Palestinian homes by the IDF at the Rafah refugee campin the Gaza Strip.
“My Name is Rachel Corrie” is a play based on the diaries and emails of Rachel Corrie. (Here are some extracts from her diaries.)
Alan Rickman first staged the play in April 2005 at the Royal Court Theatre, London, and it went on to win the London Theatregoers’ Choice Awards for Best Director and Best New Play.
Here is a documentary about the life and death of Rachel Corrie:
Here is an YouTube video featuring footage from an interview with Rachel Corrie that took place two days before her death:
Here is some additional background material about the play.
Incidentally, on January 25, 2004, the parents of Rachel Corrie spoke here at the University of Michigan.
