Full-On Cleopatra

A traveling soothsayer, Asim, wanders into the courtyard of Cleopatra’s palace and starts chatting with the queen’s handmaiden, Charmian. He promises to read her fortune. As the unhappy future of the court begins to unfold, this soothsayer soon becomes a witness, then finally a participant in the last days of Cleopatra and Antony. A bold, […]

The Sex Talk I Never Had

A dark comedy that explores the political and intergenerational implications of sex for women. In collaboration with Backstitch Story Arts. Staging Company/Theatre/Festival: Avalanche Theatre Next Draft Series In collaboration with Backstitch Story Arts.

Antigone

Sophocles’ Antigone, translated by poet and MacArthur Fellow Anne Carson, remains unequaled in its ability to combine all the fundamental contradictions of the human condition into a single, universally relevant drama. Following the bloody power struggle between her brothers, Antigone attempts to secure a respectable burial for her brother Polyniekis, thus defying the edict of her […]

Shahadat (The Testimonies)

Based on Dr. Manal Hamzeh’s scholarship, Shahadat (the Testimonies) is an interdisciplinary theatre project based on the testimonies of three Egyptian women who experienced state-sponsored sexual violence during the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. This project is rooted in Arab feminist methodologies and will challenge patriarchal oppression and its “usefulness” to the Egyptian state, while centering […]

Off-White; Or the Arab House Party Play

Taking place in the early 2000s, Off-White; Or the Arab House Party Play follows Leila, a half white, half Arab-American teen who never felt like an outsider until she’s absent from school on 9/11. As her classmates’ suspicions of her grow, Leila grapples with the erratic fluctuation of the perception of her identity, so she […]

The Great Sea Serpent

The Great Sea Serpent portrays the laying of the first trans-Atlantic telegraph cable–a technological feat that revolutionized communications and ushered in global capitalism–and links it with a tale by Hans Christian Andersen that tells of the cable’s arrival from the perspective of sea creatures. This great “serpent” is a marvel to humans, who see it […]