PLAYS
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Dodi & Diana
A husband and wife travel to Paris to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the death of Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed, unearthing an uncanny connection to the star-crossed lovers that will alter the trajectory of their marriage.
Productions
COLT COEUR, NYC — World Premiere (Oct 2022)
Development
SOUTH CAROLINA NEW PLAY FESTIVAL
THE MAGIC THEATRE, San Francisco
Awards & Recognitions
FINALIST: O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, 2022
"A tense, engrossing, and astute study of the mysteries of a marriage; the playwright demonstrates a particular skill at doling out insightful nuggets." — The New Yorker
American Fast
Twenty-one-year-old college basketball sensation Khady Salama makes it to March Madness, only to become a flashpoint of controversy when she lies about observing the Muslim fast while competing in the tournament.
Productions
ARTISTS REPERTORY THEATRE, Portland, OR (Jan 2023)*
CONSTELLATION STAGE & SCREEN, Bloomington, IN (Mar 2023)
CITY THEATRE, Pittsburgh, PA (Apr 2023)*
INTERACT THEATRE, Philadelphia, PA (June 2023)*
* Rolling World Premiere
Development
COLORADO NEW PLAY SUMMIT, Denver Center, CO
CAPITAL REPERTORY THEATRE, Albany, NY
UC SANTA BARBARA LAUNCH PAD SERIES
Awards & Recognitions
WINNER: Woodward/Newman Award, 2022
WINNER: Capital Repertory Next Act! New Play Summit, 2021
"In [Fahmy's] skillful hands, American Fast entertains and enlightens, and is never preachy, as it races through an imaginary March Madness in a very American Ramadan."
A Distinct Society
A sleepy library that straddles the U.S./Canada border becomes an unlikely crucible for five people from around the world when families separated by the “Muslim ban” begin using the library as a meeting place.
Productions
PIONEER THEATRE COMPANY, Salt Lake City, UT (Jan 2023)*
THEATREWORKS SILICON VALLEY, Palo Alto, CA (Apr 2023)*
WRITERS THEATRE, Glencoe, IL (June 2023) — Midwest Premiere
* Co-World Premiere
Development
CITADEL THEATRE, Edmonton, AB
NORTHLIGHT THEATRE, Skokie, IL
INTERNATIONAL VOICES PROJECT, Chicago, IL
OREGON CONTEMPORARY THEATRE, Eugene, OR
CAPITAL REPERTORY THEATRE, Albany, NY
NEW YORK STAGE & FILM, NYC
THE LARK, NYC
Awards & Recognitions
WINNER: Capital Repertory Next Act! New Play Summit, 2020
FINALIST: Princess Grace Playwriting Fellowship, 2020
SEMI-FINALIST: O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, 2020
SEMI-FINALIST: Bay Area Playwrights Festival, 2020
SEMI-FINALIST: Premiere Stages New Play Festival, 2020
"[The play] weaves a tale that is, at turns, heartwarming, funny, frightening, and sad. Fahmy’s adept storytelling brings all of these layers together into a particularly powerful message."
The Yacoubian Building
Based on the bestselling novel by Alaa Al Aswany, this sweeping tale tracks the intersecting lives of Egyptian citizens of different religions, genders, sexual orientations, and class backgrounds who live and work in the titular building – a microcosm of an Egypt infested with corruption, discrimination, despair, and ugliness.
Development
ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY, NYC
LaGUARDIA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, NYC
THE DRAMA LEAGUE, NYC
Awards & Recognitions
SEMI-FINALIST: O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, 2019
SEMI-FINALIST: Bay Area Playwrights Festival, 2019
The Triumphant
Trapped in a prison in an unknown location, a group of gay men conjure the fantastical stories of Sindbad the Sailor as they await their uncertain future. Based on interviews conducted with members of the LGBTQ community in Egypt.
Development & Production
TARGET MARGIN THEATER, NYC — Workshop Production (June 2018)
Pareidolia
Mal, a gay Egyptian-American, gets drawn into a virtual game of cat and mouse by an online suitor who may not be what he appears.
Development
FAULT LINE THEATRE, NYC
THE LARK, NYC
RISING CIRCLE THEATER COLLECTIVE, NYC
Awards & Recognitions
FINALIST: Unicorn Theatre In-Progress New Play Reading Series, 2020
The In-Between
When Nabil, an Egyptian revolutionary fleeing Cairo after the 2011 uprising, arrives in New York to stay with his American-born cousin, he is unwittingly carrying a demonic force that will threaten all he touches.
Development & Production
NOOR THEATRE, NYC — Workshop Production (May 2014)
TV PILOTS
All Our Pretty Songs
Hour Long Drama
Genre: coming-of-age; revenge thriller; mystery; international
After committing a horrific crime, a wily 18-year-old Egyptian street urchin flees Cairo for Los Angeles to unravel a mystery: is he the long-lost son of a dead American rock icon?
Developed as part of the WarnerMedia Access Writers Program 21-22
Sentinel
Hour Long Drama
Genre: family drama; political thriller; international
Marine-turned-journalist Duncan Hearn, the Cairo Bureau Chief of a major U.S. newspaper, struggles to raise a stable American family in an increasingly unstable Middle East.
Awards & Recognitions
FINALIST: Sundance Episodic Lab, 2021
Leila Buck & Babak Tafti in The In-Between