Six Figures Theatre Company presents Baghdad Burning: A Girl Blog From Iraq, a full-length play adapted from the “Girl Blog from Iraq” written by Riverbend, an anonymous twenty-five-year old Iraqi woman living in Baghdad. The show plays at the West End Theatre from the 11 -27 Mar 2005

Already familiar to thousands of web surfers and a major influence in the blogging community, Riverbend’s text will be brought to life through Baghdad Burning: A Girl Blog From Iraq, a stage adaptation by Six Figures artistic director Kimberly Kefgen and literary manager Loren Ingrid Noveck.

Since August 2003, Riverbend has chronicled her day-to-day life as an educated Muslim woman in occupied Iraq with humor, insight, compassion, and candor. A multicultural ensemble cast will utilize music, movement, monologue and more, to explore America’s encounter with Riverbend’s complex reality: her love for Iraq and its people; the devastation caused by war and occupation; and her mounting fear as fundamentalists gain power and limit the freedoms she once enjoyed.

“Six Figures is dedicated to supporting women’s voices that might not otherwise be heard,” says director Kimberly Kefgen. “Riverbend’s voice leaps off the computer screen and calls for people to witness the remarkable story of a young woman maneuvering through extraordinary times. Baghdad Burning: A Girl Blog From Iraq is meant to create community dialogue about the implications of our policy in Iraq and to investigate stories that are not being told. Riverbend’s tagline is ‘let’s talk war, politics and occupation’ – Six Figures hopes to do just that.”

Several talk-back sessions are scheduled throughout the run and will feature the cast, director and a series of guest speakers. Six Figures is excited to partner with the Feminist Press, who will be releasing Riverbend’s entries from August 2003 – September 2004 as a paperback book this May. Ms. magazine will also be serializing these entries in the coming months.

The creative team for Baghdad Burning: A Girl Blog From Iraq includes: Kimberly Kefgen, Director and Adaptor; Loren Ingrid Noveck, Literary Manager and Adaptor; and Stacy Conner, Stage Manager. The cast includes: Becca Blackwell, Deepti Gupta, Cassandra Vincent, and Andrew Zimmerman.