SHOW TIMES:
April 4th, performances at 12:30 PM and 8 PM
April 5th, performances at 12:30 PM and 8 PM
April 6th, performances at 8 PM
April 7th, performances at 8 PM

When we meet the king Shahryr at the beginning of the story, his madness has driven him to sacrifice all of the women of his kingdom until only his servant's daughters, Dunyazade and Scheherezade, are left. Despite his servant's pleas, Shahryr commands his servant to bring his oldest daughter, Scheherezade, to become his next sacrificial bride.

Scheherezade, however, has a plan. Their first night together she tells the king a tale about a madman whose selfishness blinds him to true love and beauty. We meet this madman, and hear his tale as it is played out before us in the bedroom of Shahryr's palace. As the sun comes up at the end of the first night, Scheherezade stops her story and begins to prepare for her inevitable fate. But the king, enchanted by her tale, wants to hear more and decides to let her live one more night. So begins Scheherezade's, and our, journey into these enchanting and mythical stories.

THE ARABIAN NIGHTS addresses topics of war, justice, prejudice, and gender issues. The John Jay College production of THE ARABIAN NIGHTS consists of a cast that reflects the multi-ethnic, multi-generational character of our campus and will be performed at the Gerald Lynch Theater at The John Jay College of Criminal Justice on Tenth Avenue, between 58th and 59th
Street.

http://johnjay.jjay.cuny.edu/theater/season06.asp

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