Middle East

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  • Paloma
    Anne García-Romero

    Description

    Peace among Muslims, Christians, and Jews? It happened once, in Spain, for several hundred years, why couldn’t it happen again? When NYU students Ibrahim and Paloma study an ancient Muslim treatise on the art and practice of love, they debate the complexities of romantic relationships while falling into one... [read more]

    Production Info

    Cast: 3 total (1 female, 2 male)
    Full Length Drama (about 110 minutes)
    Minimal Set Requirements
    Contemporary Costumes
  • People of the Book
    Yussef El Guindi

    Description

    Jason returns from war to literary glory after writing an international bestseller, but his celebrity is underscored by his marriage to Madeeha, an Iraqi woman he saved... [read more]

    Production Info

    Cast: 4 total (2 female, 2 male)
    Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
    Minimal Set Requirements
    Contemporary Costumes
  • The Retreating World
    Naomi Wallace

    Description

    THE RETREATING WORLD concerns an Iraqi bird keeper from Baghdad and his address before the International Pigeon Convention.

    Production Info

    Cast: 1 total (1 male)
    Short Drama (about 30 minutes)
    Single Set
    Contemporary Costumes
  • Roar
    Betty Shamieh

    Description

    A play about love, sex, ambition, and the Arab American experience, ROAR is the story of a Palestinian American family living in Detroit in the wake of the first Gulf War... [read more]

    Production Info

    Cast: 5 total (3 female, 2 male)
    Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
    Single Set
    Contemporary Costumes
  • Salomé
    Oscar Wilde, translated by Matt DiCintio

    Description

    Inspired by symbolist poetry and the frequent appearance of Salomé in contemporary art and literature, Oscar Wilde wrote SALOMÉ in French during a Paris stay in 1891–92... [read more]

    Production Info

    Cast: 17 total (2 female, 15 male, bit parts)
    Full Length Drama (about 60 minutes)
    Single Set
    Period Costumes
  • Semper Fi
    Michael Brady

    Description

    In October 1983 a truck filled with explosives blew up in a Marine barracks in Beirut, killing 242 soldiers... [read more]

    Production Info

    Cast: 7 total (2 female, 5 male)
    Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
    Single Set
    Contemporary Costumes
  • Soldier's Heart
    Tammy Ryan

    Description

    Before heading off to war in Iraq, Casey Johnson neatly organizes her life into a box of lists, envelopes, and registration forms for her son's activities... [read more]

    Production Info

    Cast: 7 total (3 female, 4 male)
    Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
    Minimal Set Requirements
    Contemporary Costumes
  • Special Forces
    John Fisher

    Description

    An action-adventure about a mission behind enemy lines during the Gulf War.

    Production Info

    Cast: 6 total (1 female, 5 male)
    Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
    Multiple Sets
    Contemporary Costumes
  • A State of Innocence
    Naomi Wallace

    Description

    A STATE OF INNOCENCE is set in Rafah, Palestine, and features a Palestinian woman, an Israeli architect, and an Israeli soldier.

    Production Info

    Cast: 6 total (2 female, 4 male)
    Short Drama (about 30 minutes)
    Single Set
    Contemporary Costumes
  • The Strangest
    Betty Shamieh

    Description

    Midway through Albert Camus's The Stranger, an Arab is killed. Leaping from this moment and working backwards through possible histories of tangled romance, ethnic conflict, and random violence, Betty Shamieh has crafted a play inspired by this unnamed character... [read more]

    Production Info

    Cast: 7 total (2 female, 5 male)
    Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
    Minimal Set Requirements
    Contemporary Costumes
  • The Talented Ones
    Yussef El Guindi

    Description

    THE TALENTED ONES looks at the thwarted dreams of immigrants eager to make it in their adopted country... [read more]

    Production Info

    Cast: 5 total (2 female, 3 male, doubling)
    Full Length Dark Comedy (about 100 minutes)
    Single Set
    Contemporary Costumes
  • Ten Acrobats in an Amazing Leap of Faith
    Yussef El Guindi

    Description

    East meets West meets mayhem in this Muslim-American family comedy evoking universal themes of faith, culture, belonging, and desire... [read more]

    Production Info

    Cast: 10 total (4 female, 6 male)
    Full Length Comedy (about 100 minutes)
    Minimal Set Requirements
    Contemporary Costumes
  • Three Nights in Tehran
    John Strand

    Description

    A comedy about the Iran-Contra affair.

    Production Info

    Cast: 8 total (1 female, 7 male)
    Full Length Comedy (about 100 minutes)
    Single Set
    Contemporary Costumes
  • Threesome
    Yussef El Guindi

    Description

    Leila and Rashid, Egyptian Americans, attempt to solve their relationship issues by inviting a relative stranger into their bedroom to engage in a threesome... [read more]

    Production Info

    Cast: 3 total (1 female, 2 male)
    Full Length Dark Comedy (about 95 minutes)
    Minimal Set Requirements
    Contemporary Costumes
  • Twenty One Positions: A Cartographic Dream of the Middle East
    Abdelfattah Abusrour, Lisa Schlesinger, and Naomi Wallace

    Description

    When Fawaz, a young Palestinian-American, travels to Israel and the Occupied West Bank for the wedding of his estranged brother, he finds only Hala, his fiery fiancée, abandoned at the altar... [read more]

    Production Info

    Cast: 10 total (4 female, 6 male, 1 female child, flexible casting)
    Full Length Dark Comedy (about 110 minutes)
    Minimal Set Requirements
    Contemporary Costumes