RECENT PROJECTS
THE SOUND INSIDE
By Adam Rapp, Directed by Jasson Minadakis
May 26–June 19 at Marin Theatre Company
Cast & Creative: Denmo Ibrahim (BELLA), Tyler Miclean (CHRISTOPHER), Edward Haynes, Mike Post, Fumiko Bielfeldt, Dari Perkova, Chris Houston, Brigid Ridge, Kevin Johnson
A brilliant Ivy League writing professor. A talented yet mysterious student. An unthinkable favor. Everyone has a story—the question is how it ends. Penned by Pulitzer Prize finalist Adam Rapp (Red Light Winter), The Sound Inside takes you behind the ivy-covered walls of Yale, and into New York’s literary haven, Greenwich Village, in this riveting new American play.
FINDINGS SERIES: A WORKS-IN-PROGRESS READING of kal & dija save the world (JUNE 28, 2022)
THE CULMINATION OF THE 2021-2022 Residency awarded to The Civilians’ R&D Group
KAL AND DIJA SAVE THE WORLD is an investigation of third culture kids, freeze tag, adding MENA to the U.S. Census, acrylic vs gel nails and space travel. A new play developed through a series of community-based investigations in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, the project explores one of the most ethnically diverse immigrant communities in America and aims to illuminate how a neighborhood becomes part of one’s identity. Learn more.
ZAYNAB’S NIGHT OF DESTINY
Commissioned by Commonwealth Theatre Center. Published by Fons Vitae.
Supported by: Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Arts
For more information on how to listen to Zaynab's Night of Destiny, visit https://www.commonwealththeatre.org/connecting-cultures/
Creative Team: Zeina Salame, Ahmed Ashour, Hend Al-Mansour, Kaila Flexer, Christopher Krotky
When Zaynab Tabreez emigrated from Cairo to Kentucky with her mom she had trouble fitting in. Two years later, Zaynab is still struggling to make friends, so when she gets invited to her first ever slumber party, anything feels possible! There’s only one problem: it’s the last ten days of Ramadan, one of which will be the holiest nights of the year. When her mom says no to the party, Zaynab is so upset she hides in her closet to cry. Her tears unlock a doorway into the Sahara desert where, ready or not, she begins the quest of a lifetime.
Zaynab’s Night of Destiny is a magical journey of perseverance and self-discovery featuring a young Muslim girl living in Louisville, Kentucky. Can Zaynab face her greatest fear and finally discover where she belongs?
AN ARAB SPRING SELECTED BY PLAYWRIGHTS FOUNDATION
TWO PUBLIC READINGS, JULY 29 – AUGUST 7, 2022 | 45TH ANNUAL BAY AREA PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL
When they receive news that their estranged father Sami is dead, a fractured family is forced to confront years of pain in this luminously honest story. As Heba and Haroon return to their childhood home in Fremont to bury a man they hardly knew, they face an uprising of secrets and lies in a struggle for truth. As Sami’s spirit hovers between worlds, can grief act as a revolution for love? Learn more.
UPCOMING PROJECTS
Audio Drama Commissioned by Audible
Coming in 2022
A ten-part audio drama series on the life of Egypt’s first Female King. Hatshepsut climbs the ranks of the royal court of Egypt. Through her wit, battlefield accomplishments, and manipulation of gender roles, she rises to power, becoming the first female Pharaoh, ruler of the greatest empire in the ancient world.
Residency awarded by The Ground Floor at Berkeley Rep
workshop & public reading in 2022
Creative Team: Denmo Ibrahim (Playwright), Kate Bergstrom (Director)
A new play exploring the life and mind of May Ziyadeh, influential feminist, prolific writer, translator, and critic of Palestinian-Lebanese descent. Learn more.