{"id":25648,"date":"2025-03-13T07:00:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T12:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=25648"},"modified":"2025-10-09T10:16:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T15:16:57","slug":"chicago-obra-palestina-arte-inmigracion-teatro-arte-cultura-la-cueva-sadieh-rifai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2025\/03\/13\/chicago-palestinian-play-art-immigration-theater-art-culture-the-cave-sadieh-rifai\/","title":{"rendered":"Dramaturga palestino-estadounidense examina din\u00e1micas familiares en 'The Cave'"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69deb03a1e2ea\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>Sadieh Rifai recounts the absurdity of being part of a Muslim family living in Kewanee, Illinois \u2014 the \u201chog capital of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy do we keep picking these insane places to live?\u201d she thought.<\/p>\n<p>With a Palestinian father and an American mother, Rifai lived in 13 different places throughout her childhood. She viewed each home as a new opportunity to transform into a new person.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\">\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69deb03a1f790\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle small\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_color_909090 border_style_solid \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69deb03a202a3\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle large top_margin_20px bottom_margin_20px\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"true\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay row-bg-layer\" style=\"background: #FFFFFF; background: linear-gradient(90deg,#FFFFFF 0%,#FFFFFF 100%);  opacity: 1; \"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent force-phone-text-align-center inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_top_desktop_1px border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_FFFFFF border_style_solid \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fws_69deb03a20940\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-7 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h4 id=\"news-that-puts-power-under-the-spotlight-and-communities-at-the-center\"><strong>News that puts power under the spotlight and communities at the center.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Sign up for our free newsletter and get updates twice a week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div style=\"margin-top: -20px; \" class=\"vc_col-sm-5 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column neg-marg no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"_form_1\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.bluelena.io\/f\/embed.php?id=1\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>From her travels between Las Vegas, Nevada, to Columbus, Ohio, one thing remained consistent: family. Rifai memorialized her family\u2019s experiences in her debut play, \u201cThe Cave,\u201d at the Red Orchid Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>Similar to her life, the play details the story of a Palestinian-American family\u2019s move from Las Vegas to Columbus amid global turmoil and tragedy. The play leans into the family\u2019s use of humor while exploring themes of grief, mental illness, love and migration.<\/p>\n<p>Rifai said her family often turned to humor to cope with the ongoing instability of assimilation, new cultures and language barriers.<\/p>\n<p>At the essence of the play, it\u2019s a story about family, she said.<\/p>\n<p>I hope that people come in and see their parents and grandparents,\u201d she said. [I hope that] \u201cthey see themselves in some of these characters, and that they leave with an understanding of Palestinians, the culture, the beauty of Islam, and what it\u2019s like to have a complicated family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Borderless sat down with Rifai to talk about her experiences putting her childhood on paper and how her own experiences were illustrated throughout the play. The interview was edited for length and clarity.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"how-was-the-cave-informed-by-your-childhood-experiences\">How was The CAVE informed by your childhood experiences?<\/h3>\n<p>My dad is Palestinian. He is from Hebron. People hear that you have an immigrant dad, and they just think they know exactly who this person is. But my dad is so dry and funny. He thinks he\u2019s hilarious. He tells a joke that lasts 15 minutes. For many of us who have immigrant parents, there is a language struggle. There is a struggle with people looking at them differently, especially if you are a Muslim in the \u201890s. It just became a scary place to exist in a place that was majority white and Christian and my family moved into that. My father also had a mental illness. We\u2019re learning that immigrants [exposed to trauma] have some of the highest numbers of mental illness. It was like, \u201cOf course they do. They are othered. They are not accepted. It is so much struggle.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69deb03a22f05\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"1280\" width=\"1920\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025_03_06_TheCave_ByEvan-Hanover_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025_03_06_TheCave_ByEvan-Hanover_02.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025_03_06_TheCave_ByEvan-Hanover_02-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025_03_06_TheCave_ByEvan-Hanover_02-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025_03_06_TheCave_ByEvan-Hanover_02-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025_03_06_TheCave_ByEvan-Hanover_02-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025_03_06_TheCave_ByEvan-Hanover_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025_03_06_TheCave_ByEvan-Hanover_02-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025_03_06_TheCave_ByEvan-Hanover_02-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025_03_06_TheCave_ByEvan-Hanover_02-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025_03_06_TheCave_ByEvan-Hanover_02-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025_03_06_TheCave_ByEvan-Hanover_02-1245x830.jpg 1245w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025_03_06_TheCave_ByEvan-Hanover_02-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1450px) 75vw, (min-width: 1000px) 85vw, 100vw\" \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Aaliyah Montana and H. Adoni Esho in Sadieh Rifai\u2019s The Cave at A Red Orchid Theatre.<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Photo by Evan Hanover<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69deb03a23c3a\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>For me, it was important to see a Middle Eastern father who was funny, a good dad, who was trying really hard even through mental illness. I want to disrupt this idea of what immigrant parents are. I had white grandparents and Palestinian grandparents. My white grandparents couldn\u2019t have possibly loved my dad more. But also, there was racism there. My grandmother would ask him: \u201cDo they have forks in your country?\u201d\u00a0 My dad loved the family so much that he would just laugh along with it. Many families might relate to those moments of family dynamics where they love each other, but they say the wrong things so many times.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"where-did-you-draw-the-line-between-fiction-and-reality\">Where did you draw the line between fiction and reality?<\/h3>\n<p>What I didn\u2019t want was to put my exact life on stage. I felt like I was trying to remember real conversations and dialogue and was getting caught up in that.<\/p>\n<p>A mentor said, \u201cYou are a woman who is married. You and your husband have conversations. You know what it\u2019s like to fight and joke around. Put all of that into your characters. You don\u2019t have to remember exactly what your characters talked about.\u201d I took that to heart. There are pieces of all my family in there and I know they will recognize themselves. I wanted to make it a play to ensure nobody felt like I was trying to capture my dad\u2019s look or voice. 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I had been thinking about it for 17 years, but I hadn\u2019t put anything down on paper. I was scared to do that and have it be bad. And it was. I have done so many drafts of the play, and it has taken a long time to be pushed so that you can be more honest.<\/p>\n<p>I have slowly been encouraged to do that, and it felt good to get to a place where even the ugly parts of your life are shown, and I don\u2019t feel like I have to apologize for them anymore.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"what-role-does-humor-play-in-the-cave\">What role does humor play in The CAVE?<\/h3>\n<p>There\u2019s a lot of dark humor in the play. If you deal with all this struggle, you usually use humor, or you become a very serious family. 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Something my mom has been working with is learning more. She is part of an older generation, so hearing her change her mind is great. We often hear that older generations can\u2019t do that. I admire that about my parents. They are always looking to change their minds and learn more.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"why-do-you-think-its-so-important-to-foster-immigrant-narratives\">Why do you think it\u2019s so important to foster immigrant narratives?<\/h3>\n<p>As I\u2019m watching these <a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2023\/12\/20\/gaza-palestine-israel-war-ceasefire-protests-chicago\/\">videos in Gaza<\/a>, and I\u2019m watching babies and children be killed, and I think we are not humanized. We have been portrayed as terrorists or scary people, but we are not thought of as nuanced people who have fears, hopes for a family, wishes, desires, poetry and stories. That is why so many of our Palestinian poets and artists are being killed. It\u2019s one way of killing that narrative. 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