This play was inspired by a trip to a modern art museum in Baghdad in August 1993 and details the lives of nine Iraqi women — a sexy painter, a radical Communist, doctors, exiles, wives and lovers. This work delves into the many conflicting aspects of what it means to be a woman in a country overshadowed by war.
Designed in a black box theatre with the stage in the corner and a thrust seating arrangement.
9 Parts of Desire
University of South Florida
Playwright: Heather Raffo
Director: Andrea Assaf
Lighting Co-Design: Beau Edwardson
Scenic Design: G.B. Stephens
Costume Design: Merilyn Bertch
Photos by: Kyle Scharf