Middle East
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Anne García-Romero
Description
Peace among Muslims, Christians, and Jews? It happened once, in Spain, for several hundred years, why couldn’t it happen again? When NYU students Ibrahim and Paloma study an ancient Muslim treatise on the art and practice of love, they debate the complexities of romantic relationships while falling into one... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (1 female, 2 male)
Full Length Drama (about 110 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary CostumesYussef El GuindiDescription
Jason returns from war to literary glory after writing an international bestseller, but his celebrity is underscored by his marriage to Madeeha, an Iraqi woman he saved... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 4 total (2 female, 2 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary CostumesNaomi WallaceDescription
THE RETREATING WORLD concerns an Iraqi bird keeper from Baghdad and his address before the International Pigeon Convention.
Production Info
Cast: 1 total (1 male)
Short Drama (about 30 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary CostumesBetty ShamiehDescription
A play about love, sex, ambition, and the Arab American experience, ROAR is the story of a Palestinian American family living in Detroit in the wake of the first Gulf War... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (3 female, 2 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary CostumesOscar Wilde, translated by Matt DiCintioDescription
Inspired by symbolist poetry and the frequent appearance of Salomé in contemporary art and literature, Oscar Wilde wrote SALOMÉ in French during a Paris stay in 1891–92... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 17 total (2 female, 15 male, bit parts)
Full Length Drama (about 60 minutes)
Single Set
Period CostumesMichael BradyDescription
In October 1983 a truck filled with explosives blew up in a Marine barracks in Beirut, killing 242 soldiers... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (2 female, 5 male)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary CostumesTammy RyanDescription
Before heading off to war in Iraq, Casey Johnson neatly organizes her life into a box of lists, envelopes, and registration forms for her son's activities... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (3 female, 4 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary CostumesJohn FisherDescription
An action-adventure about a mission behind enemy lines during the Gulf War.
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (1 female, 5 male)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary CostumesNaomi WallaceDescription
A STATE OF INNOCENCE is set in Rafah, Palestine, and features a Palestinian woman, an Israeli architect, and an Israeli soldier.
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (2 female, 4 male)
Short Drama (about 30 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary CostumesBetty ShamiehDescription
Midway through Albert Camus's The Stranger, an Arab is killed. Leaping from this moment and working backwards through possible histories of tangled romance, ethnic conflict, and random violence, Betty Shamieh has crafted a play inspired by this unnamed character... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (2 female, 5 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary CostumesYussef El GuindiDescription
THE TALENTED ONES looks at the thwarted dreams of immigrants eager to make it in their adopted country... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (2 female, 3 male, doubling)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary CostumesYussef El GuindiDescription
East meets West meets mayhem in this Muslim-American family comedy evoking universal themes of faith, culture, belonging, and desire... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 10 total (4 female, 6 male)
Full Length Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary CostumesJohn StrandDescription
A comedy about the Iran-Contra affair.
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (1 female, 7 male)
Full Length Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary CostumesYussef El GuindiDescription
Leila and Rashid, Egyptian Americans, attempt to solve their relationship issues by inviting a relative stranger into their bedroom to engage in a threesome... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (1 female, 2 male)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 95 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary CostumesAbdelfattah Abusrour, Lisa Schlesinger, and Naomi WallaceDescription
When Fawaz, a young Palestinian-American, travels to Israel and the Occupied West Bank for the wedding of his estranged brother, he finds only Hala, his fiery fiancée, abandoned at the altar... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 10 total (4 female, 6 male, 1 female child, flexible casting)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 110 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes