Betty Shamieh

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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

  • Too Soon, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster [25][26]

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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