Dec 17, 2024
TOO SOON on NPR's Code Switch Podcast
What do dreams do? Dreams define us. It was an honor to talk about TOO SOON on the podcast that has shaped both my ideas and the cultural...
Aug 15, 2024
Goodreads Giveaway
Who doesn't like winning? Or free books? You have until September 15 to sign up for the Goodreads giveaway and have a chance to win an...
Aug 14, 2024
TOO SOON Cover Reveal
Official Cover Reveal for my upcoming novel, TOO SOON. Many thanks to Geraldine Brooks, Margo Jefferson, and Sarah Schulman for being the...
Jul 29, 2023
Jul 29, 2023
Meet Carolyn Kelly, the editor of my debut novel.
We are together at the closing night of MALVOLIO. See that look in my eye? That’s the look of a writer who owes the person she is...
Jul 20, 2023
Love, love, love how CBS highlighted our cast!
Great to see these titans of comedy featured in this way! https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/newyork/news/malvolio-classical-theatre-of-harlem-s...
Jul 13, 2023
Delighted that MALVOLIO made it into New York Magazine’s Approval Matrix.
https://nymag.com/article/the-approval-matrix-week-of-july-17-2023.html
Jul 10, 2023
“Would that we all could have a second act as fulfilling as Malvolio’s.”
https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/malvolio
Jul 9, 2023
Thank you to the New York Times for making MALVOLIO a NYT Critics’ Pick!
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/10/theater/malvolio-review.html
Jul 9, 2023
We opened MALVOLIO!
We opened MALVOLIO on July 9 to a sold out house. The environment was electric— get your tickets now. Must close July 29!
Jul 2, 2023
Behind the Scenes with MALVOLIO Choreographer Dell Howlett
MALVOLIO July 8-July 29 w/ The Classical Theatre of Harlem Get your free tickets here: https://www.cthnyc.org/malvolio/
Jun 27, 2023
Dead Script Day
MALVOLIO July 8-July 29 w/ The Classical Theatre of Harlem Get your free tickets here: https://www.cthnyc.org/malvolio/
Jun 23, 2023
Behind the Scenes: Allen Gilmore plays the title role in MALVOLIO
Come see MALVOLIO July 8-July 29 w/ The Classical Theatre of Harlem Get your free tickets here: https://www.cthnyc.org/malvolio/
Jun 21, 2023
Behind the Scenes: Insights from Celeste Jennings, costume designer of MALVOLIO
Get your free tickets here: https://www.cthnyc.org/malvolio/
Jun 17, 2023
Jun 10, 2023
First week of rehearsals for MALVOLIO at The Classical Theatre of Harlem
Check out this video from our first week of rehearsal. For other behind-the-scenes videos, be sure to follow me on Instagram, Facebook,...
May 6, 2023
World Premiere of MALVOLIO (July 8-29) at CTH in NY
Get your free tickets at: https://www.cthnyc.org/malvolio/ See you there!
May 6, 2023
Announcement of my fiction debut.
More details to come!
Jan 9, 2023
A discussion of comedy, cruelty, and the character of Malvolio with the brilliant Allen Gilmore
Writer Betty Shamieh and Actor Allen Gilmore Discuss Their Interpretations of Malvolio as a Writer and an Actor
Nov 1, 2022
A riff on navigating motherhood in the arts (and possibly the most personal essay I’ve ever written)
For a long time, I thought of my beloved extended theatre community as my family...
Nov 2, 2021
Trailer - As Soon As Impossible by Betty Shamieh
Check out the trailer for the Stanford production of AS SOON AS IMPOSSIBLE, a comedy about friendship in a time of war.
Oct 17, 2021
AS SOON AS IMPOSSIBLE - A NEW PLAY BY BETTY SHAMIEH | FALL MAIN STAGE
Friends in the Bay Area, tickets are on sale now for the wonderful production of AS SOON AS IMPOSSIBLE at Stanford, running November 11 – 20
Jul 30, 2021
REPRESENTATION MATTERS. ALSO, IT'S GOOD FUN.
Who is going to commission the development of my television pilot MECCA OF COMEDY about powerhouse Arab American women, based on my play...
Mar 7, 2021
2021 Denning virtual visiting artists announced
Thank you to Professor Samer Al-Saber and the incredible folks at Stanford for nominating me to be a Visiting Artist in the weirdest year...
Feb 16, 2021
How Can We BIPOC Now See Ourselves?
"Everything I thought about how to advance myself as a playwright of color in American theatre was wrong... How do we truly dismantle...
Jan 7, 2021
The Classical Theatre of Harlem has always been an artistic home for me. Now it's official!
HowlRound Theatre Commons has announced it has been awarded a three-year, $1,336,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to suppor...
Jan 17, 2020
Ruth Easton New Play Series: Interview with Betty Shamieh
Betty Shamieh: I come from an immigrant family, and the first plays I saw were through high school programs. I encountered Shakespeare’s...
May 19, 2019
Arabian Shakespeare Fest in SF revives Betty Shamieh Crusades play
It’s been a while since the Bay Area was treated to one of Betty Shamieh’s plays.
The Palestinian-American San Francisco native had a...
Feb 28, 2017
Love from the New York Times for THE STRANGEST & Tickets are Selling Fast
Our team was delighted to find out that our production of The Strangest was included in The New York Times Spring Arts Preview “32 Reason...
Feb 28, 2017
THE STRANGEST – an Immersive Murder Mystery – is Coming to New York
The Strangest, directed by May Adrales (“Vietgone”), will run at the Fourth Street Theatre in New York City from March 11 – April 1...
Jan 18, 2017
THE HAPPY MISANTHROPE: A playwright making those overlooked by history into lore
BETTY SHAMIEH isn’t in the house tonight, but she is on stage.
The small Off Broadway theater staging Fit for a Queen, her latest play...
Jan 18, 2017
My intro to an extraordinary anthology of new plays
INTRODUCTION to Double Exposure: Plays of the Jewish and Palestinian Diaspora It is so strange how one word can have two hauntingly...
Oct 28, 2016
SPOILER ALERT
The last performance of the Classical Theatre of Harlem’s production of Fit for a Queen will be Sunday. Fit for a Queen is the earliest...
Oct 3, 2016
The Interval Interview: Betty Shamieh on Fit for a Queen
Original article: http://theintervalny.com/interviews/2016/09/betty-shamieh-on-fit-for-a-queen/ Written by Victoria Myers Photography by...
Oct 3, 2016
Casting That Spell - Part II
Entry #4 of Countdown to the Classical Theatre of Harlem production of FIT FOR A QUEEN So, here it is! The fantastic list of actors who...
Sep 2, 2016
Casting that Spell (or how Deep is Your Laugh)? Part I
Entry Number #3 of Countdown to the Classical Theatre of Harlem Production of FIT FOR A QUEEN Often, the same word in English is used...
Aug 29, 2016
Navigation – Ride or D(r)i(v)e?
Entry Number #2 of Countdown to the Classical Theatre of Harlem Production of FIT FOR A QUEEN How do you get to and from the people you...
Aug 27, 2016
Upcoming
The world premiere of FIT FOR A QUEEN at the Classical Theatre of Harlem will run October 7 – 30, 2016. http://www.cthnyc.org
Aug 26, 2016
A Time To Work Vs. A Time Not To Work (and how to know the difference)
Entry Number #1 of Countdown to the Classical Theatre of Harlem Production of FIT FOR A QUEEN There is something terrifying about...
Aug 11, 2016
My first blog post
There’s nothing like a first, right? A first kiss, a first love, a first play production. A famous and fancy playwright took me aside on...
