Paul Susi, Education and Community Programs Coordinator for Portland Center Stage, Taghrid Khuri of Portland State University, Dana Ghazi of Portland State University and Aisha Nasser, Oregon State University

 

Threesome

Threesome: A World Premiere

By Yussef El Guindi
Directed by Chris Coleman

 

Leila and Rashid attempt to solve their relationship issues by inviting a relative stranger into their bedroom to engage in a threesome. What begins as a hilariously awkward evening soon becomes an experience fraught with secrets and tension, raising issues of sexism, possession and independence. El Guindi’s play Pilgrims Musa and Sheri in the New World was the winner of the prestigious Steinberg/American Theater Critics Association’s New Play Award in 2012, and he is also the recipient of the 2010 Middle East America Distinguished Playwright Award. Threesome was a JAW selection in the summer of 2013.

After viewing the play on February 8th, 2015 in Portland, Aisha Nasser, a post-graduate student in Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Oregon State and a current on-line instructor for the same program, participated in a post-show discussion with other faculty from Portland State.   Her perspective as a Middle Eastern woman helped to unpack the complexity of the diverging agendas of three people driven by self-protection and a desire to be accepted in Threesome.

 

Post-POST Show Discussion
The Post-POST Show Discussion with (left to right): Dara Snyder, Social Justice Program Manager,
YWCA of Greater Portland, Taghrid Khuri, Portland State University, Dana Ghazi, Portland State University,
Aisha Nasser, Oregon State University and Alma Trinidad, Portland State University.