Some Lebanese people complain that the refugees are taking their jobs, driving down wages and overloading schools and hospitals, and the Lebanese government has asked the international community for funds to help look after them on the grounds that it cannot cope with the influx. 

One performer, Mona Fa, said she felt elated when the audience gave a standing ovation on the play's opening night. "We wanted to deliver a certain image to the people so they see us and the Syrian refugees in another way from the image they usually look at," she said.