"The Aliens Make Thanksgiving Dinner" Premieres at Rattlestick

James Clements’ new play, “The Aliens Make Thanksgiving Dinner,” opens at Rattlestick Theatre on June 10th 2022. "The Aliens Make Thanksgiving Dinner" is a new devised piece that is co-written, co-directed and performed by Clements, Derya Celikkol and Maamoun Tobbo, and created by an all immigrant artistic team. The play tells the story of three foreign theatre artists, desperately trying to create the next "Great American Play" to secure their ever-elusive green cards. This absurdist meta-theatrical play-in-process asks prescient questions about the American theatre - and American life - today.

It is presented by Rattlestick Theater and New York Theatre Salon as part of their 3rd Annual Global Forms Theater Festival. Running June 1st-12th 2022, and showcasing over 100 theater artists from 34 different countries, this twelve-day theatrical event celebrates and uplifts the work of immigrant and international theater artists living in the United States and abroad.

Read the creative team’s interview with Emily Cordes in The Theatre Times.