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“The Boatman” | Egypt

“The Boatman” | Egypt

Playwright: Sameh Mahran

Translator: Dina Amin

Director: Liz Carlin-Metz

In collaboration with Egyptian American Society and Silk Road Rising

Synopsis: In this surreal satire, an Egyptian couple who have been engaged for seven years but unable to marry, because they can’t get together the money for an apartment, attempt to find a place to be intimate. The Boatman explores the exploitation and humiliation of the weak and the poor.

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