symposium participants Post-play discussions

Dennis Henneman, YSU theater professor and the play’s director, assembled the group of panelists who will lead a discussion about the search for peace in the Middle East. Henneman is on the editorial board of the Journal of Religion and Theatre, an online peer-reviewed journal that examines spirituality in all disciplines of theater:

Thursday: Karen Sunde, playwright; David Porter, YSU’s department of political science; The Rev. Peg Welch, Boardman United Methodist Church; and Raymond Nakley Jr., Arab-American Community Center.

Friday: Sunde; Gabriel Palmer-Fernandez, director of Dale Ethics Center at YSU; Fr. George Balasko, St. Ann Church, East Liverpool.

Saturday: L.J. Tessier, YSU’s department of philosophy and religious studies; Maher Ramahi, Arab-American Community Center.

Oct. 5: Sharon Stringer, YSU’s department of psychology; Bruce Lev, Jewish Community Relations Council.

Oct. 10: Deborah Mower, YSU’s department of philosophy and religious studies; Rev. Jim Ray, retired Presbyterian clergy; Amer Adi, Arab-American Community Center.

Oct. 11: Mousa Kassis, Palestinian Perspective; Helene Sinnreich, director of Judaic and Holocaust studies at YSU.

Oct. 12: Rabbi Joel Berman, Ohev Tzedek Congregation, Boardman; Victor Wan-Tatah, director of Africana studies at YSU.