In Their Own Words, a new play, In Their Own Words, vividly depicts the Hamas terrorist strike through the terms of Israeli survivors of the terrible day. The period drama revisits what they refer to as the “darkest time in Israel’s history” in response to interviews conducted by the show’s exporters, including Ann McElhinney, Phelim McAleer, and  , Ann McElhinney.
October 7, which runs through June 16 at the , Actors Temple Theatre in New York, arrives at a time of surging anti- Israel and anti- Celtic sentiment in big cities and universities, with protestors clashing with legislation enforcement and, in some cases, actually expressing sympathy for Hamas.
” It’s the only sing beginning in New York that needs continuous police safety”, Phelim McAleer said in an exam Wednesday , with Mike Slater, number of , Breitbart News Daily on Sirius XM Patriot 125.
” There’s a play about Jewish people, about Israel, opening in New York, and it’s the only play in 2024 that needs police protection. The world has changed, let me tell you”.
Beginning this year, this extraordinary cast will begin performing the terms of October 7th survivors. For the players, it’s not a task to represent the stress, pain, loss of normal people on that terrible day– and we could n’t been prouder of them. pic. twitter.com/hhESBHVpMJ
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Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer, who also produced the Hunter Biden film My Son Hunter, are n’t the type to avoid conflict.
” We wanted to put]the play ] on stage in New York”, said McElhinney.
” New York needs to hear it,” New York needs to know this day happened. The encampments in New York, the campus protests in New York, they look at October 8 and beyond”, she said. ” If it had n’t been for October 7, people would be living in peace now in Gaza.” Therefore, it’s crucial to keep in mind that there would n’t be any October 8 if there was n’t any October 7.
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Shortly after the tragic day,  ,  , Ann McElhinney, and Phelim McAleer traveled from Ireland to Israel to interview people whose lives were impacted by the Hamas attack, including some Nova music festival attendees. Their testimony was recorded, and it appears in the play in full.
” Every word you hear on stage is a moment from that person’s day on October 7″, said , McElhinney.
One of the interviewees was a Coca-Cola employee by the name of Zaki, who ended up saving dozens of festivalgoers. His statement,” Maybe people will learn something about the Jewish religion,” resonated among the production’s creators, adding that the highest calling of a Jew is to save a soul.
” All in all, we brought about 90- 100 people to our home. We did not leave anything we witnessed behind. If the terrorists were shooting at us, we did n’t notice”.
Hear the true story of Zaki, and other heroes of Israel, on stage. Get your tickets today.
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Ultimately, October 7 is intended to be an uplifting experience, not a depressing one.
” These are incredibly resilient people and the stories are inspiring”, said McElhinney. ” You do n’t come away broken, you come away thinking these are amazing people, these are amazing stories”.
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