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WHAT CRITICS SAY:

“Malley’s musicianship is superb and his interweaving of his own life with the story of Ziryab’s, as well as his ZIRYAB, THE SONGBIRD OF ANDALUSIA highly-informative discourse on the medieval master’s legacy, make for an – SOLO PLAY WRITTEN & PERFORMED BY RONNIE MALLEY enlightening performance.” Jacob TAKE AN ENCHANTING MUSICAL JOURNEY FROM 9TH Davis, chicagocritic.com CENTURY ISLAMIC SPAIN TO PRESENT DAY AMERICA. MUSIC, POETRY, AND SONGS BREATHE LIFE INTO THE STORY “Malley’s labor of love testifies to the OF ZIRYAB, A FORMER SLAVE FROM , WHOSE power of art to make us at home MUSICAL ABILITIES BROUGHT HIM FAME THROUGHOUT THE wherever.” Lawrence Bonner, Stage MIDDLE EAST, NORTH , AND AL-ANDALUS: A LAND and Cinema WHERE CHRISTIANS, JEWS, AND MUSLIMS CO-EXISTED FOR CENTURIES CREATING A UNIQUE AND DIVERSE SOCIETY. “Malley is a one-man band of THE PLAY DESCRIBES THE HISTORY OF ZIRYAB, ISLAM IN remarkable ingenuity.” Irene Hsiao, MEDIEVAL EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST, AND EL – New City Chicago A MIDDLE EASTERN THAT EVENTUALLY BECAME THE GUITAR. THE STORY ALSO WEAVES PAST AND PRESENT INCLUDING ANECDOTES FROM RONNIE’S OWN LIFE GROWING UP AS A MUSICIAN AND MUSLIM PALESTINIAN-AMERICAN IN PLAY AVAILABLE FOR: THE UNITED STATES. - FULL PRODUCTION - STAGED READING THE WORLD PREMIERE OF ZIRYAB, THE SONGBIRD OF - CLASSROOM PRESENTATIONS ANDALUSIA WAS DIRECTED BY ANNA BAHOW AND - MUSIC & THEATER WORKSHOPS ALSO PRODUCED BY SILK ROAD RISING THEATRE IN CHICAGO, IL. AVAILABLE FOR K-12, COLLEGE LEVEL & RUNNING TIME: 75 MIN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Ronnie Malley is a multi-instrumentalist musician, theatrical performer, producer, and educator with a background in Global Music and Performance Studies. He performs with the music groups Surabhi, Las Guitarras de Espana, Lamajamal, East Meets Middle East, Baeoa, Allos Musica, and the U of Chicago Middle East Music Ensemble. More at RonnieMalley.com

Committed to the development of new work and a diversity of voices, Bahow is an Associate Artist with The International Voices Project and Chicago Dramatists. She served as the 2011-2012 Maggio Directing Fellow at Goodman. Her productions have received JEFF Awards for New Work and use of Multi-Media. More at AnnaBahow.com