Room Enough (For Us All)

Daaimah Mubashshir
Monday, October 19, 2020 - 7:00pm
Friday, October 23, 2020 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Online
Cost: 
Free

Fatimah, a recently widowed matriarch, is determined to have it all. She wants the opportunity to set right a 10-year mistake by inviting Jamillah, her queer daughter, to return home after a long forced absence. Can she have it all when Abdullah, her son, is driven to fight against this decision even though he loves his mother deeply? Room Enough (For Us All) is centered on a contemporary African-American Muslim Family coming to terms with how to treat queerness up against long-standing ideals and faith.

From Daaimah Mubashshir:

 Room Enough is a semi-autobiographical ode to my progressive mother. I was interested in exploring how queerness and Islam could function amicably in the same space. Also, I am interested in ways that grief, a powerful equalizer, can either make space for reinvention as with Fatimah or crystallize one’s beliefs almost into a weapon in Abdullah.

 

Part of the PlayLabs Festival

PlayLabs Festival readings are free and online. Readings are accessible to people with vision loss. Large print programs are available upon request. For questions about accessibility or to request other accommodations, please contact Jasmine Johnson at jasminej@pwcenter.org or (612) 332-7481.

View the playbill program for Room Enough (For Us All) here.