AUB Theater Initiative

[AUB Theater Initiative @AubTheater]

🎭 Explore your passion for performance & stagecraft at @AUB_Lebanon.

AUB’s Minor in Theater offers hands-on training in acting, directing, playwriting & theater production.

Contact info: [email protected]

[AUB Theater Initiative @AubTheater]

Make theater part of your journey at @AUB_Lebanon, alongside your major 🎭❤️

The Minor in Theater is open to all students. Through hands-on courses in acting, directing, production and playwriting, you’ll build creativity, confidence and collaboration skills that serve you in any field.

15 credits. Practice-based. Open to everyone.

Talk to your academic advisor about adding the minor to your plan, and reach out to us at [email protected] with any questions.

See you soon on stage!

#AUBTheater #AUB #MinorInTheater
@fas_aub @aub_englishdept

[AUB Theater Initiative @AubTheater]

Make theater part of your journey at @AUB_Lebanon, alongside your major 🎭❤️

The Minor in Theater is open to all students. Through hands-on courses in acting, directing, production and playwriting, you’ll build creativity, confidence and collaboration skills that serve you in any field.

15 credits. Practice-based. Open to everyone.

Talk to your academic advisor about adding the minor to your plan, and reach out to us at [email protected] with any questions.

See you soon on stage!

#AUBTheater #AUB #MinorInTheater
@fas_aub @aub_englishdept

[AUB Theater Initiative @AubTheater]

A showcase of recent works by @aub_lebanon faculty, now on display at Gallery405 (Nicely building).

On until October 30. Don’t miss it!

[AUB Theater Initiative @AubTheater]

What an inspiring time with Alia Alzougbi at @aub_lebanon ❤️🎭

Twenty years after graduating from AUB, Alia, artistic director and CEO of the @shubbakfestival in London, returned to campus as artist in residence at the Center for Arts and Humanities, in collaboration with the Department of English and the AUB Theater Initiative.

During her residency, she met with the acting class, led a storytelling workshop with students, and gave her talk “Rehearsing Otherwise: Art, Diaspora, and the Politics of Imagination” to a full house, followed by a rich and engaging Q&A.

She reminded us that imagination is not an indulgence but a necessity, and that hope, even when bruised, is worth tending. As she put it: “The seed of the tree that I plant today, I might not get to sit in its shade. I still plant the seed.”

Welcome back home, Alia, and thank you to everyone who joined us and made this beautiful encounter possible.

@fas_aub @AubTheater @aub_lebanon @aub_englishdept

[AUB Theater Initiative @AubTheater]

CAH Artist in Residence Alia Alzougbi led the first session of her storytelling workshop at West Hall, AUB.

The workshop is a collaboration between the Center for Arts and Humanities, the Department of English, and the AUB Theater Initiative. It was a wonderful introduction to her storytelling practice, and the participants were fully engaged from start to finish.

The second session of the workshop will take place on Tuesday, October 13.

That same day, Alia will give a public talk titled “Rehearsing Otherwise: Art, Diaspora, and the Politics of Imagination.” Twenty years after graduating from AUB, she returns to the campus where she first moved between classroom and stage. She will reflect on that journey, on her groundbreaking work as Artistic Director and CEO of Shubbak Festival, Europe’s largest multi-artform biennial of contemporary Arab and SWANA arts, and on why imagination is a necessity rather than an indulgence.

Asfari Conference Room 113, AUB
Tuesday, October 13, 2026 | 5:00 PM

Don’t miss it!

@aub_englishdept @AUB_Lebanon @fas_aub

[Imani Taylor @cmntcakefirst]

London was lucky to have her running Shubbak all these years, and now Beirut gets her back for a week. Wish I could be in that room on Tuesday.

[AUB Theater Initiative @AubTheater]

CAH Artist in Residence Alia Alzougbi led the first session of her storytelling workshop at West Hall, AUB.

The workshop is a collaboration between the Center for Arts and Humanities, the Department of English, and the AUB Theater Initiative. It was a wonderful introduction to her storytelling practice, and the participants were fully engaged from start to finish.

The second session of the workshop will take place on Tuesday, October 13.

That same day, Alia will give a public talk titled “Rehearsing Otherwise: Art, Diaspora, and the Politics of Imagination.” Twenty years after graduating from AUB, she returns to the campus where she first moved between classroom and stage. She will reflect on that journey, on her groundbreaking work as Artistic Director and CEO of Shubbak Festival, Europe’s largest multi-artform biennial of contemporary Arab and SWANA arts, and on why imagination is a necessity rather than an indulgence.

Asfari Conference Room 113, AUB
Tuesday, October 13, 2026 | 5:00 PM

Don’t miss it!

@aub_englishdept @AUB_Lebanon @fas_aub

[AUB Theater Initiative @AubTheater]

Join us Tuesday, Oct 13 at 5 pm for “Rehearsing Otherwise: Art, Diaspora, and the Politics of Imagination,” a talk by Alia Alzougbi, artistic director and CEO of @shubbakfestival and artist in residence at CAH.

Asfari Conference Room 113, AUB.

@fas_aub @AUB_Lebanon

[lucien bourjeily @lucienbourjeily]

The 10th anniversary of the @AubTheater Initiative is featured in the latest MainGate Magazine ❤️🎭

Grateful to have been part of this beautiful journey, and thankful to the @AUB_Lebanon community and administration for their constant support.

Looking forward to what’s next!

[American University of Beirut @AUB_Lebanon]

At AUB, the entire campus can become a stage. As the Theater Initiative celebrates its 10th anniversary, it continues to bring students from every discipline into professional productions, translations, and research, building creativity and new ways of seeing the world.

https://t.co/zaefoIbmKK

#AUB

[Lena Nomad @NomadKreativ]

@AubTheater @AUB_Lebanon @fas_aub @aub_englishdept @lucienbourjeily Love the promenade approach. Moving Ibsen through the campus like that must be incredible to experience.🎭

[AUB Theater Initiative @AubTheater]

“All the Campus Is a Stage.”

Celebrating 10 years (2016–2026) of the @AubTheater Initiative, featured in @AUB_Lebanon’s MainGate Magazine.

Immersive promenade theater that turns the campus into a stage and the audience into participants.🎭❤️

https://t.co/h4YcYSs8EA

@fas_aub

[AUB Theater Initiative @AubTheater]

“All the Campus Is a Stage.”

Celebrating 10 years (2016–2026) of the @AubTheater Initiative, featured in @AUB_Lebanon’s MainGate Magazine.

Immersive promenade theater that turns the campus into a stage and the audience into participants.🎭❤️

https://t.co/h4YcYSs8EA

@fas_aub

[lucien bourjeily @lucienbourjeily]

So happy to share this wonderful NEW review of “The Pillars of Society - أعمدة المجتمع” at @AUB_Lebanon in UAE’s Al Masrah Magazine❤️🙏🎭

Link >> https://t.co/YcKd254fxO

Kudos 🙌👏 to the amazing cast & crew behind this wonderful success! Such an honor and a pleasure to have worked with you ALL on this beautiful project. 🤗❤️

Credits 👇

Presented by The Alwaleed Center for American Studies and Research (CASAR), the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Department of English, the Theater Initiative, and the THTR 259 production class at AUB.

Cast:
Karsten Bernick: Abdelrahim Al-Awji
Lona Hensel: Farah Shaer
Johan Tønnesen: Majd Al Masri
Mr. Rummel: Ralph El Khoury
Rörlund: Bahaa Hassan
Dina Dorf: Helen Shaaban
Molvik: Manuel Barakat
Mrs. Bernick: Lily Takieddine
Mrs. Rummel: Anne Marie Boustany
Mrs. Lynge: Micheline Mouarbes
Nils: Mahmoud Jebeily
Olaf: Majd Mkalled
Netta: Karen Haydar Ahmad
Hilde: Hala Hanoun
Shipyard Workers: Freddy Saliba, Saiid Mazraani
Shipyard Worker’s Wife: Lama Abi Ammar

Music composer: Jihad Al Chemaly
Oud Player: Jihad Al Chemaly
Frame Drum Player: Faten El Khechen

Costume Designer: Lary Bou Safi
Circus Performers: Faten El Khechen, Tala Flayhan
Light Designer: Mohammad Farhat

Production Managers: Hussein Hijazi, Micha Abdel Karim
Stage Managers: Bissan Al Saadi, Celine Bou Francis, Luna Chaer

Production Coordinators: Yasmine Al Ek, Fatma Abu Dabos, Youssef Khattar, Yasmina Aayad, Rend Chamas, Hala Abbass.

Adapted and Directed by Lucien Bourjeily
Produced by Farah Shaer
With the students of the THTR 259 theater production class at AUB
Based on “The Pillars of Society” by Henrik Ibsen.

@fas_aub @aub_englishdept @casar_aub

[AUB Theater Initiative @AubTheater]

And that’s a wrap on the 2026 Summer Theater Workshop at @aub_lebanon 🎭❤️✨

We had the pleasure of working with an incredibly creative group of high school students over four days of theater training, led by theater artists and educators from the Theater Program.

@fas_aub

[AUB Theater Initiative @AubTheater]

@lucienbourjeily @MayAdra1 @joanna_raad If you’re in Grade 10 or 11 and interested in joining a future edition, send us a DM, we’d love to keep you posted!

[AUB Theater Initiative @AubTheater]

And that’s a wrap on the 2026 Summer Theater Workshop at @aub_lebanon 🎭❤️✨

We had the pleasure of working with an incredibly creative group of high school students over four days of theater training, led by theater artists and educators from the Theater Program.

@fas_aub

[AUB Theater Initiative @AubTheater]

@lucienbourjeily @MayAdra1 @joanna_raad

Throughout the workshop, participants explored the fundamentals of acting, applied theater and devising, and set design, while creating original work as a group through games, practical exercises, and collaborative storytelling.

[lucien bourjeily @lucienbourjeily]

Our unplanned “co-stars” in The Pillars of Society – أعمدة المجتمع: the lovely @aub_lebanon cats ❤️🐈🎭 who joined us on stage for every single show👇 https://t.co/GFxoJu6K2U

[Rita Hage @hagrita]

وحده التصفيق الحاد لجمهور عرض مسرحي يحجب صوت أزيز طائرات الاستطلاع الإسرائيلية التي تكاد لا تفارق سماء #بيروت، حيث لم تحل #الحرب وما ولّدته أزمات سياسية وإنسانية واقتصادية دون اكتظاظ خشبات المسارح بالعروض.
@AFPar

https://t.co/YCYtj2Y9lF