How To Have Fun In A Civil War
Written & performed by Ifrah Mansour
Directed by Lindsey A. Samples
Sound Design by Peter Morrow.
Poems by Ahmed Ismail Yousuf

Presented with support from Children’s Theatre Company

Minnesota-based Somali playwright and performer Ifrah Mansour revisits her childhood memories during the 1991 Somali civil war to confront violent history with humor, and provide a voice for the stories of children. How to Have Fun in a Civil War, is a one-act seventy minute multimedia play, which explores war from an idyllic viewpoint of a seven year old Somali girl. The play layers multiple narratives taken from community interviews to tell a captivating story about resilience while pushing audience to engage in a healing process that is still raw for survivors of the war.

Contributors: Sixteen anonymous community interviewees

Fantastic Support Team: Julia Opoti, Ayantu Ayana, Owen Bradford, Ahmed Ismail Yusuf, Leah Honsky, Amina Muse, Filsan Ibraham, Deborah Girdwood, Selam GM, & Darius Gray

SCHEDULE
Friday, January 6, 7:00pm
Saturday, January 7, 7:00pm
Sunday, January 8, 3:00pm

LOCATION:
COHEN Stage
Children’s Theatre Company
2400 3rd Ave S Minneapolis, MN 55404

PARKING & DIRECTIONS
Please enter through the STAGE Door (SOUTH side of the building) more Info: https://www.childrenstheatre.org/plan/getting-here

TICKET PURCHASE online
howtohavefuninacivilwar.brownpapertickets.com

Ticket Purchase call: 1(800) 838-3006

Email: ifrahmansourarts@gmail.com