The Vagrant Trilogy Reviews
Washington Post- Recommended
"...Mosaic Theater Company, the little outfit with huge aspirations that has brought pulsating theatrical energy to the Atlas Performing Arts Center on H Street NE, links Mansour’s slyly interconnected trio of plays in an absorbing, sometimes funny world premiere, under the canny directorial guidance of Mark Wing-Davey. And in the riveting performance of Hadi Tabbal as Adham, an ambitious academic of poignantly wavering self-belief — and unreliable documents — the production has its charismatic touchstone, a necessity in a work beseeching you to experience it as your most open-minded self."
DCTheatreScene- Recommended
"...The play’s innovative structural conceit is that second and third plays are not narratively sequential; one is his life if he stayed in London, the other is his life if he returned home. In The Vagrant, set fifteen years later, Adham is settled in London yet unsettled; up for tenure at the University, but rootless, divorced but not detached from Abir, his mother hovering over him (it’s unclear if she’s physically there or a figure of his imagination), and occasionally getting faint, static-laden phone calls from his brother back home. A recent IRA bombing is fresh on everyone’s mind, and when Adham doesn’t repudiate it with the same knee-jerk vehemence of his English colleagues, his career, and the choice he made to follow it, become untenable."
BroadwayWorld- Recommended
"...If you were to describe to a person what "The Vagrant Trilogy" is about, they would assume the plays to be dark, depressing, and uncomfortable - the story focuses on a Palestinian family and their path following the events of 1948 and 1967. And yet, "The Vagrant Trilogy" also has moments of joy, pride, and love. The story extends far beyond the timeline of devastating events, and instead show us something greater: humanity."