FIGHT NIGHT: LAST WARD: YAA SAMAR DANCE THEATER

DUKE ARTS PRESENTS:

Last Ward: Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre

Friday, November 15th, 2024 7:30 pm
Saturday, November 16th, 2024 7:30 pm


TICKETS

$35 / $25
$10 DUKE STUDENTS, LIMIT 2
$10 HIGH SCHOOL & NON-DUKE COLLEGE STUDENTS (WITH ID, LIMIT 2)
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Reserved Seating

VENUE

Reynolds Industries Theater

125 Science Drive, Durham
Duke West Campus

Directions to Venue

PROGRAM

Last Ward  follows one man’s journey towards death in a hospital room. Surrounded by the sterile mechanisms of modern medicine, the patient reflects on his life, relationships and connection to place, as the ritual of doctor visits and family calls transform into a surreal landscape of tragedy and humor. Beginning with a slow trickle tracked in by a shoe, the space eventually fills with soil: spilling out from inside flower pots and cabinets and from underneath the bed, a metaphor of impending death.

Last Ward blends dance and theater (featuring 5 monologues in Arabic with English supertitles) in a highly visual evening-length performance that tackles the universal experience of facing death, and invites audiences to reflect on the humanity of an Arab man, a demographic not often seen in the media or on stage, as simply human.
ESTIMATED RUN TIME: 65 Minutes with no intermission