Staged Reading of “Mohammed’s Radio”

When I first read through the play, I have to admit I thought parts of it were a bit cliche and unrealistic. I thought that many parts of it wouldn’t translate well into a performance, but I was pleasantly surprised. I thought the actors were pretty good. I especially enjoyed the girl who played Kelly. I thought she was really powerful and grabbed everyone’s attention when she spoke. The play definitely did a good job of touching on feminism in a kind of unconventional way–by dealing with Islamophobia, women’s rights in religion, and the normal expectations held of females in small-town settings. Although set in a small neighborhood, it dealt with world-wide issues that I think are really important to address, which the play did a good job of addressing.