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.

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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

Published novels

Published plays

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Betty Shamieh". all4palestine.org.
  2. Ali, Roaa; Potter, George; Al-Saber, Samar (2024). Arabs, Politics, and Performance. ISSN. Taylor & Francis. p. 1-PA2009. ISBN   978-1-04-010389-0 . Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  3. Lyons, Donald (9 April 2004). "PROMISING 'ROAR' WHIMPERS OUT". New York Post.
  4. Collins-Hughes, Laura (10 July 2023). "Review: In 'Malvolio,' Hope (And a Title Role) for a Damaged Heart". The New York Times.
  5. "Arab Stages - Five Arab American Plays Everyone Should Read | the Martin E. Segal Theater Center".
  6. "NYTW / The Black Eyed".
  7. Isherwood, Charles (August 2007). "Earthly Hurts: Yes, You Can Take Them with You". The New York Times.
  8. https://www.athensjournals.gr/humanities/2022-4770-AJHA-ART-Jones-05.pdf
  9. "Know a Theatre: Classical Theatre of Harlem". 19 June 2023.
  10. https://playbill.com/article/new-dramatists-new-residents-are-nachtrieb-baker-beaty-george-kempson-mcmanus-shamieh-and-volpe-com-170127
  11. "Alles wat het theaterhart begeert - Festival HartsTocht". 27 May 2009.
  12. "Malvolio". 18 July 2023.
  13. 1 2 Selim, Yasser Fouad (2012). "The Representation of Arab America in Betty Shamieh's Roar and The Black Eyed" . Comparative American Studies. 10 (4): 293–303. doi:10.1179/1477570012Z.00000000022.
  14. https://www.timeout.com/newyork/blog/theater-review-fit-for-a-queen-walks-like-an-egyptian-101116
  15. "Chocolate in Heat: Growing up Arab in America".
  16. ""Territories" Uncovers a Woman's Secrets, at Arabian Shakes, S.F." 12 May 2019.
  17. "TAPS' 'As Soon as Impossible' is equal parts emotionally heavy and comedically light-hearted". 15 November 2021.
  18. "Betty Shamieh – John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation…".
  19. Vincentelli, Elisabeth (16 March 2017). "Review: 'The Strangest,' a Different Perspective on Camus's Classic". The New York Times.
  20. "The Machine".
  21. "Betty Shamieh | an Interview".
  22. "Veracity Butcher".
  23. "Playwright Betty Shamieh's favorite antiheroes and angelic demons | Harvard Magazine". 7 December 2016.
  24. "Theatreworks Silicon Valley Streams new Works Festival online". 20 April 2021.
  25. "TOO SOON | Kirkus Reviews".
  26. Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster
  27. "The Strangest".
  28. "Malvolio".