To The Good People of Gaza

Jackie Lubeck is a multi-national no-national playwright, living the better part of her life in Palestine. She is the co-founder of Theatre Day Productions (TDP), an organization that is both a production house for youth theatre and a training center for drama. Lubeck works throughout the Palestinian Territories but the biggest operation of TDP is in the Gaza Strip where she is both a writer and a designer. Jackie was born and bred in Brooklyn.Samer Al-Saber is Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies at Stanford University, USA, and faculty member at the Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity and the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies. He teaches courses concerned with identity, race, and ethnicity. A director and writer, his fieldwork intersects with theatre practice.

• Preface by Jackie Lubeck, Playwright, Theatre Day ProductionsIntroduction by the Editor, Samer Al-SaberChapter 1: To The Good People of GazaPlay #1: BluePlay #2: RedPlay #3: WhiteChapter 2: The Entanglement (15850)Play #1: GrandfathersPlay #2: MothersPlay #3: BrothersPlay #4: SistersChapter 3: A Human WritesPlay #1: The WeaversPlay #2: The ElectriciansPlay #3: The CooksChapter 4: Lost and FoundPlay #1: The RoomPlay #2: The ShopPlay #3: The SchoolPlay #4: The BrotherPlay #5: The TreeChapter 5: Thirteen Ways To Know A Black BirdPlay #1: One Thousand QuestionsPlay #2: The Snow TripPlay #3: The Boys In the MirrorPlay #4: The Boys Who Can’t Sit StillAfterword by Jan MC Willems, director, Theatre Day Productions

This volume brings to light a rare theatrical experience from an almost inaccessible Gaza, documenting creative processes shaped by blockade, destruction, and resilience. It restores Jackie Lubeck’s central role in Palestinian theatre and fills a crucial gap in understanding Gaza’s artistic, social, and historical landscape.