Gidou

by R. Forest Malley

When Yassmine and her daughter Sami arrive at her childhood home, with its towering spiral staircase and the looming portrait of her departed father, the memories are as alive as the woman– Yassmine’s estranged mother– who still lives there. Gidou is an exploration of the lasting legacy that men leave long after they’re gone: the good, the bad, the ugly, and the much uglier.

When Yassmine and her daughter Sami arrive at her childhood home, with its towering spiral staircase and the looming portrait of her departed father, the memories are as alive as the woman– Yassmine’s estranged mother– who still lives there. Gidou is an exploration of the lasting legacy that men leave long after they’re gone: the good, the bad, the ugly, and the much uglier.

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  • Shaun Leisher: Gidou by R. Forest Malley
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    A brilliant play about the complexity of memories and strained family relationships.

    A brilliant play about the complexity of memories and strained family relationships.

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  • Nick Malakhow: Gidou by R. Forest Malley
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    What a complex, fascinating exploration of family and the influence that an abusive man can have beyond death. In Yassmine, Sami, and Nadiya, Malley examines how three generations of this family have been shaped/warped, held hostage by, and forever changed by the patriarch Gidou. What begins as a complicated family drama about ownership, power, and the tension between moving on past family trauma/patterns and remaining mired in it also has some surprising twists I didn't anticipate involving Karim, Nadiya's home health aide. All of the character are fascinating, especially the proud, suffering...

    What a complex, fascinating exploration of family and the influence that an abusive man can have beyond death. In Yassmine, Sami, and Nadiya, Malley examines how three generations of this family have been shaped/warped, held hostage by, and forever changed by the patriarch Gidou. What begins as a complicated family drama about ownership, power, and the tension between moving on past family trauma/patterns and remaining mired in it also has some surprising twists I didn't anticipate involving Karim, Nadiya's home health aide. All of the character are fascinating, especially the proud, suffering, frustrating, and sympathetic Nadiya.

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yassmine (50s, sami’s mother)
sami (17, yassmine’s daughter, also called samira)
nadiya (70s, yassmine’s mother, living in france)
karim (20s, nadiya’s home nurse)
gidou (deceased, appears in visions)

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