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New York Arab-American Comedy Festival (program & props)
nigelparry.net created program covers and program page headers for the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival in November 2005 and for the Festival's LA showcase in January 2006. The inside of the programs were designed and the programs printed by NextWaveWeb in New Jersey. Some props were also designed for the Festival.
November 2005 Festival Program for New York
February 2006 Festival Program for Los Angeles
February 2006 Festival Program Header for Los Angeles
The headers were created for both programs to give the inside pages some visual consistency among the many different styles of sponsor advertisements submitted.
February 2006 Props for Los Angeles Festival
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| The book cover for Mona in Dean Obeidallah's And now a word from our sponsors..., an informercial parody in which "Mustapha" and "Marwan" -- otherwise known as "M&M" -- offer a course in "How to be a Real Arab in Five Easy Lessons." Complete with shirts missing the top four buttons, gold chains, and lots of chest hair, the two cover required Arab vocabulary, how to walk and dress like an Arab, and how to haggle in Macy's Department Store. At one point in the action, M&M are joined by their cousin "Mona" (Hend Ayoub, star of last summer's movie Private), who offers Arab women similar advice including how to dance in a way that attracts "the right kind of Arab man" and promotes her book "32 Ways To Have Fun With Men Before You Are Married While Tech-nically Remaining A Virgin". The crossed out "32" and handwritten "33" are part of a one liner that Obeidallah rewrote for the LA showcase, in which Mona explains, "I learned one more way last night!". Cover photo by nigelparry.net. |
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| "Mustapha", played by Ramsey Faragallah (The Interpreter, Celebrity, Conspiracy Theory) making good use of the prop on stage during the LA showcase. (Photo: nigelparry.net) |
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| Color inkjet print stuck to front of newspaper. Inspired by the short comedic piece, Browntown, written by Sam Younis, a satire exploring the issue of cultural stereotyping of three brown-skinned actors at an audition for a less-than-original TV movie, The Color Of Terror. "Omar" (played by Festival Co-producer Waleed Zuaiter) and "Malik" (played by Ryan Shrime) are Arabs, but "Vijay" (played by Sam Younis) is an Indian who keeps getting cast in Arab roles to the other two's dismay. While the prop was never ultimately used, we did have a lot of fun watching people's reactions when we left it in the lobby during the Theater Nights! |
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