Many thanks to Cheney Orr for photographing the Washington DC reading for the AWWP website.
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- Part of the AWWP team who attended the performance: Elisabeth Lehr, Christina Asquith, Masha Hamilton, Rachel de Baere, SOLA Director Ted Achilles, Terry Dougherty.
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- Concluding panelists Director Jessica Lefkow, scholar Dr. Akbar Ahmed, AWWP Director Christina Asquith, Afghan author Awista Ayub.
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- The actresses meld together Under Burqa by Seeta and Not An Afghan Woman by Roya.
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- “I was very lonesome away from Afghanistan and felt like listening to music, but we didn’t have enough money to buy a music player.“ Hannah Hessel reads Music Is Not Prohibited, by Elay.
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- “What I write here are the wounded and torn pieces of my heart.” Elmina Klasic reads I Am For Sale by an unidentified AWWP writer.
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- Dawn Ursula, one of the voices in the ensemble piece Kill Silence by Shogofa.
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- Adrienne Nelson, who introduced The Sweet Smell of Honey by Aisha. “Nelofar reached for her heart and started breathing fast.”
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- “In Afghanistan, falling in love can be a crime.” Erika Rose reads from Yagana’s essay The Crime Of Falling In Love.
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- “You are my enemy. I hate you, poppy.” Rahaleh Nassri (foreground) and Hannah Hessel read Freshta’s poem A Letter To Poppy.
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- “In the rainy season of Pakistan, the news of my grandmother’s death made our lives rainier.” Zehra Fazal reads Meena Y’s poem Prayer.
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- “Open the door and come help me. My mom is in a coma.” Jessica Francis Dukes (foreground) and Allyson Currin read Where The Wild Dogs Were by Roya.
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- “The cruel ones killed my son…I look out my door that he may return.” Allyson Currin (foreground) and Elmina Kulasic read from Winter Day 2008 by Seeta.
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- Director Jessica Lefkow working with the women actresses during rehearsals.
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- Theater J Artistic Director Ari Roth introduces the Out Of Silence readings.
