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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
