PLAYS
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Fountains of Youth
One summer night, Moose, the most secretive of a tight-knit group, doesn’t show up for the weekly hang. He’s never heard from again. Moose’s friends will spend years unraveling the mystery of his disappearance, but at what cost to their friendship?
Development Recipient of a Research & Creation Grant from the Canada Council for the Arts
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) Awards & Recognitions FINALIST: O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, 2022 Development SOUTH CAROLINA NEW PLAY FESTIVAL; THE MAGIC THEATRE, San Francisco
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 Rolling World Premiere: ARTISTS REPERTORY THEATRE, Portland, OR (Jan 2023)*, CITY THEATRE, Pittsburgh, PA (Apr 2023)*, INTERACT THEATRE, Philadelphia, PA (June 2023), CONSTELLATION STAGE & SCREEN, Bloomington, IN (Mar 2023), CAPITAL STAGE, Sacramento, CA (Jan 2024). Awards & Recognitions WINNER: Woodward/Newman Award, 2022; FINALIST: Crosswords Project Diverse Voices Playwriting Initiative; WINNER: Capital Repertory Next Act! New Play Summit, 2021 Development COLORADO NEW PLAY SUMMIT, Denver Center, CO; CAPITAL REPERTORY THEATRE, Albany, NY; UC SANTA BARBARA LAUNCH PAD SERIES
A Distinct Society
A sleepy library that straddles the U.S./Canada border becomes an unlikely crossroads for five people from around the world when families separated by the "Muslim ban" begin using the library as a meeting place.
Productions Co-World Premiere: PIONEER THEATRE COMPANY, Salt Lake City, UT (Jan 2023) & THEATREWORKS SILICON VALLEY, Palo Alto, CA (Apr 2023); Midwest Premiere: WRITERS THEATRE, Glencoe, IL (June 2023) | 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 | 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
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.
Awards & Recognitions SEMI-FINALIST: O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, 2019; SEMI-FINALIST: Bay Area Playwrights Festival, 2019
Development ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY, NYC; LaGUARDIA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, NYC; THE DRAMA LEAGUE, NYC
Pareidolia
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.
Awards & Recognitions FINALIST: Unicorn Theatre In-Progress New Play Reading Series, 2020 | Development
FAULT LINE THEATRE, NYC ; THE LARK, NYC; RISING CIRCLE THEATER COLLECTIVE, NYC
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)
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All Our Pretty Songs
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?
Hour Long Drama | Genre: Coming-of-age; Revenge thriller; Mystery; International
Awards & Recognitions SHORTLISTED: Orchard Project Episodic Lab, 2022
Developed as part of the WarnerMedia Access Writers Program 21-22
Crocodiles
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.
Hour Long Drama | Genre: Family drama; Political thriller; International
Awards & Recognitions SEMIFINALIST: Austin Film Festival Drama Pilot Prize, 2023; SHORTLISTED: Orchard Project Episodic Lab, 2023; FINALIST: Sundance Episodic Lab, 2021