Betty Shamieh
Betty Shamieh[1] is an American playwright, author, screenwriter, and actor of Palestinian descent. She has written 15 plays and one novel.
Productions
Roar
Shamieh became the first Palestinian-American to have a play premiere off-Broadway with the 2004 premiere of Roar, a drama about a Palestinian family.[2] Tony Award-nominated Marion McClinton directed, and Annabella Sciorra and Sarita Choudhury starred.[3]
Malvolio
Malvolio premiered at the Classical Theatre of Harlem in the summer of 2023, co-directed by Ian Belknap and Ty Jones.[4]
The Black Eyed
The Black Eyed's original premiere was at The Magic Theatre in 2005.[5] The off-Broadway premiere of The Black Eyed was at the New York Theatre Workshop in 2007, directed by Sam Gold with a cast of Aysan Celik, Lameece Issaq, Jeanine Serralles, and Emily Swallow.[6][7]
The Theatre Fournos of Athens, Greece, produced a translation of the play in Greek.[1][8]
Fit for a Queen
FIT FOR A QUEEN was first produced by the Classical Theatre of Harlem in 2016.[9]
Free Radicals
Free Radicals was translated into Dutch by the Het Zuidelijk Toneel in 2012.[10] She was also an artist-in-residence at the same theatre.[11]
List of Plays
- Malvolio[12]
- Roar[13]
- The Black Eyed[13]
- Fit for a Queen[14]
- Chocolate in Heart[15]
- Territories[16]
- As Soon as Possible[17]
- Free Radicals[18]
- Again and Against[1]
- The Strangest[19]
- The Machine[20]
- The Alter-ego of an Arab-American Assimilationist[21]
- Codes of Honor[22]
- Veritas[23]
- Dearborn[24]
- Last stop to Andalusia
Published novels
Published plays
- The Black Eyed & Architecture, Broadway Play Publishing Inc.
- Roar, Broadway Play Publishing Inc.
- The Strangest, Broadway Play Publishing Inc.[27]
- Malvolio, Broadway Play Publishing Inc.[28]
References
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- ↑ https://playbill.com/article/new-dramatists-new-residents-are-nachtrieb-baker-beaty-george-kempson-mcmanus-shamieh-and-volpe-com-170127
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External links
- BettyShamieh.com
- Institute for Middle East Understanding: Betty Shamieh
- Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study: Betty Shamieh
- New York Theatre Workshop: Betty Shamieh
- Magic Theatre
- Time Out New York Betty Shamieh explodes Arab archetypes in The Black Eyed