Oh, My Sweet Land

A woman of mixed Syrian-German parentage stands in her Paris kitchen making kubah, a Syrian meat dish, and recalling her encounter with the exiled Damascene medical worker and activist Ashraf. When Ashraf disappears, she goes on a labyrinthine journey in search of him that leads to encounters with some of Syria’s 2 million refugees and stirs deep ancestral memories. Written and directed by Amir Nizar Zuabi; conceived and performed, with live cooking onstage, by Paris-based Syrian-German actor and director Corinne Jaber. Boston premiere.