Review of the play "9 Parts of Desire"

Heather Raffo, an Iraqi-American, traveled across four different continents interviewing Iraqi women to compile their stories into one intense production presenting their country's female population from a new perspective. A mosaic of the lives of nine Iraqi women that pieces together countless events of war-torn Iraq, "9 Parts of Desire" presents a point of view which is unseen by many Americans today. Being an Iraqi but living in America was difficult on Raffo. She was torn …showed first 75 words of 1937 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1937 total…liked the fact that the characters were so easy to relate to and I actually could feel what they were going through: their pain, sadness, frustration, and horror. I really enjoyed watching this performance. It was my first play attendance, so I don't have much to compare it to, but I thought it was a positive theatrical performance. Works Cited: 9 Parts of Desire. By Heather Raffo. Dir. Joanna Settle. Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle, Wa. 22 April 2006.