Author: Joy Notoma

A memoir of a Muslim woman in 1960s Egypt may sound like an unlikely starting point for a play about a tumultuous love affair that changes the trajectory of a family’s fate, but that’s exactly what “This Time” by Rising Circle Theater Collective is. Performed with skill and dedication by an ensemble of five, the harrowing play is based on the story of Amal Meguid, an Egyptian woman in a controversial love affair with a Canadian ten years her junior.