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Adapting Shakespeare To Tell Syrian Story

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Ozarks at Large takes you inside the artistic process as Fayetteville-based theater director KholoudSawaf brings her hometown of Damascus Syria to life for US audiences. Sawaf is adapting Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in a project at TheaterSquared that aims to let audiences in northwest Arkansas, and beyond, learn more about her native country and city. Today we begin a series of behind-the-scenes stories leading up to the production.y.

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Kyle Kellams is KUAF's news director and host of Ozarks at Large.