Production History
Since our founding in 2010, we have produced the world premieres of over ten original plays including Food and Fadwa by Lameece Issaq & Jacob Kader; Myth In Motion with the students of the NJIT/Rutgers Theater program; three original plays in The Myth Project; and fifteen original plays in 48 Hour Forum, our annual forty-eight hour play festival.
Fall 2022
February 18 - March 05, 2022
FIRST DOWN
By SEVAN
directed by Johanna McKeon
Theater: 59E59 (Theatre C)
Featuring: Peter Romano* (he/him), Larry Bull* (he/him), Hend Ayoub* (she/her), and Olivia AbiAssi (she/her)
Scenic Designer: Jacob A. Climer (he/him)
Costume Designer: Dina El-Aziz (she/her)
Lighting Designer: Christopher Brown (he/him)
Sound Design: Uptown Works: Daniela Hart (she/they), Bailey Trierweiler (they/them), and Noel Nichols (she/they)
Projections Design: Stivo Arnoczy
Production Manager: Courteney Leggett (they/them)
Stage Manager: Hanako Rodriguez (she/her)
Translations: Aline Salloum
Props Consultant: Daniel Brothers
Assistant Director: Ali-Moosa Mirza
Associate Scenic Design: Ma'moon Tebbo (he/him)
Associate Costume Design: Xurui Wang (she/her)
Assistant Stage Manager: Nia Blizzard (she/they)
Additional Casting: Stephanie Yankwitt, CSA
Wardrobe Supervisor: Jessica Larsen
Covid Compliance Officer: Joana Tsuhlares
Fall 2018
November 4 - 11, 2018
DeAD ARE MY PEOPLE
A play with music By Ismail Khalidi
Original compositions by Hadi Eldebek
Lyrics by Ismail Khalidi, Hadi Eldebek & Patrick Lazour
Directed By Leah C. Gardiner
With Adam Bakri, Brandon Gill, Ken Marks, Sevan Greene, Nadine Malouf, & Brian O’Neill
Choreographer: Samar Haddad King
Scenic Design: Izmir Ickbal
Costume Design: Dina Abd El-Aziz
Lighting Design: Reza Behjat
Sound Design: Jane Shaw & Beth Lake
Projection Design: Yana Birÿkova
Music Director: Daniel Lazour
Associate Director: Corey Atkins
Dramaturg: Kate Moore Heaney
Production Stage Manager: April Ann Kline
Assistant Stage Manager: Jennifer M. Leary
Spring 2014
May 1-4, 2014
A Workshop Production of
THE MYTH PROJECT
A director-led project featuring three original plays inspired by Middle Eastern mythology.
with work by
Noelle Ghoussaini, Kareem Fahmy & Pirronne Yousefzadeh
Scenic & Props Design: Starlet Jacobs
Costume & Make Up Design: Lisa Renee Jordan
Lighting Design: Joe Thompson
Sound Design/Composer: Mark Van Hare
Production Stage Manager: Nicole Marconi
Assistant Stage Manager: Carina Teoh
Production Assistant: Michael Abourizk
PHOENICIA FLOWERS
Written & Directed By Noelle Ghoussaini
With Monte Bezell, LaChrisha Brown, Peter Ganim, Fahim Hamid and Imran Sheikh
THE IN-BETWEEN
Written & Directed By Kareem Fahmy
With Leila Buck, Sara Buffamanti, Alex Grubbs, Eric T. Miller and Babak Tafti
I AM GORDAFARID
Conceived And Directed By Pirronne Yousefzadeh
Assistant Director Sanaz Ghajarrahimi
With Layla Khoshnoudi, Leyla Modirzadeh, and Sade Namei
Fall 2013
December 4-8, 2013
Myth In Motion
Co-produced with Rutgers-NJIT Theatre Program
Written and Performed by The Ensemble
Directed by Pirronne Yousefzadeh
Associate director Maha Chehaloui
With Michael Castillo, Michael Chiappa, Yasmine Gharib, Simon Guinto,Eric Holzer, Diana Hwaga, Brian O’Mahoney, Ahmier Mincy, Allison Mitchell, Jessica Perez, Marjorie Sullivan, Michael Watts
Scenic & Costume design Mary Elizabeth O’ Haire
Assistant Director & Stage Manager Sunjo Hendricks
Lighting Design Dan Drew & Raymond E. Gintner IV
Sound Design Eric Johnson
Spring 2012
May 18 – June 24, 2012
New York Theatre Workshop and Noor Theatre present
Food and Fadwa
By Lameece Issaq & Jacob Kader
Directed by Shana Gold
With Maha Chehlaoui, Lameece Issaq, Kathryn Kates, Arian Moayed, Laith Nakli, Heather Raffo & Haaz Sleiman
Assistant Director: Noelle Ghoussaini
Dramaturg: Nancy Vitale
Set Design: Andromache Chalfant
Lighting Design: Japhy Weideman
Sound Design: Jane Shaw
Costume Design: Gabriel Berry
Production Stage Manager Lindsey Turteltaub