Betty Shamieh

Betty Shamieh
In a HowlRound interview in 2020
EducationHarvard University
OccupationsWriter, actor
Websitewww.bettyshamieh.com

Betty Shamieh[1] is an American playwright, author, screenwriter, and actor of Palestinian descent. She has written 15 plays and one novel.

Productions

Roar

Shamieh became the first Palestinian-American to have a play premiere off-Broadway with the 2004 premiere of Roar, a drama about a Palestinian family.[2] Tony Award-nominated Marion McClinton directed, and Annabella Sciorra and Sarita Choudhury starred.[3]

Malvolio

Malvolio premiered at the Classical Theatre of Harlem in the summer of 2023, co-directed by Ian Belknap and Ty Jones.[4]

The Black Eyed

The Black Eyed's original premiere was at The Magic Theatre in 2005.[5] The off-Broadway premiere of The Black Eyed was at the New York Theatre Workshop in 2007, directed by Sam Gold with a cast of Aysan Celik, Lameece Issaq, Jeanine Serralles, and Emily Swallow.[6][7]

The Theatre Fournos of Athens, Greece, produced a translation of the play in Greek.[1][8]

Fit for a Queen

FIT FOR A QUEEN was first produced by the Classical Theatre of Harlem in 2016.[9]

Free Radicals

Free Radicals was translated into Dutch by the Het Zuidelijk Toneel in 2012.[10] She was also an artist-in-residence at the same theatre.[11]

List of plays

  • Malvolio[12]
  • Roar[13]
  • The Black Eyed[13]
  • Fit for a Queen[14]
  • Chocolate in Heart[15]
  • Territories[16]
  • As Soon as Impossible[17]
  • Free Radicals[18]
  • Again and Against[1]
  • The Strangest[19]
  • The Machine[20]
  • The Alter-ego of an Arab-American Assimilationist[21]
  • Codes of Honor[22]
  • Veritas[23]
  • Dearborn[24]
  • Last stop to Andalusia

Published novels

  • Too Soon, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster [25][26]

Published plays

  • The Black Eyed & Architecture, Broadway Play Publishing Inc.
  • Roar, Broadway Play Publishing Inc.
  • The Strangest, Broadway Play Publishing Inc.[27]
  • Malvolio, Broadway Play Publishing Inc.[28]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Betty Shamieh". all4palestine.org.
  2. ↑ Ali, Roaa; Potter, George; Al-Saber, Samar (2024). Arabs, Politics, and Performance. ISSN. Taylor & Francis. p. 1-PA2009. ISBN 978-1-04-010389-0. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  3. ↑ Lyons, Donald (April 9, 2004). "PROMISING 'ROAR' WHIMPERS OUT". New York Post.
  4. ↑ Collins-Hughes, Laura (July 10, 2023). "Review: In 'Malvolio,' Hope (And a Title Role) for a Damaged Heart". The New York Times.
  5. ↑ "Arab Stages - Five Arab American Plays Everyone Should Read | the Martin E. Segal Theater Center".
  6. ↑ "NYTW / The Black Eyed".
  7. ↑ Isherwood, Charles (August 2007). "Earthly Hurts: Yes, You Can Take Them with You". The New York Times.
  8. ↑ "Betty Shamieh's The Black Eyed: An Arab-American Woman Playwright Inverts and Subverts Orientalism" (PDF). www.athensjournals.gr.
  9. ↑ "Know a Theatre: Classical Theatre of Harlem". June 19, 2023.
  10. ↑ "New Dramatists' New Residents Are Nachtrieb, Baker, Beaty, George, Kempson, McManus, Shamieh and Volpe | Playbill".
  11. ↑ "Alles wat het theaterhart begeert - Festival HartsTocht". May 27, 2009.
  12. ↑ "Malvolio". July 18, 2023.
  13. 1 2 Selim, Yasser Fouad (2012). "The Representation of Arab America in Betty Shamieh's Roar and The Black Eyed". Comparative American Studies. 10 (4): 293–303. doi:10.1179/1477570012Z.00000000022.
  14. ↑ "Theater review: Fit for a Queen walks like an Egyptian".
  15. ↑ "Chocolate in Heat: Growing up Arab in America".
  16. ↑ ""Territories" Uncovers a Woman's Secrets, at Arabian Shakes, S.F." May 12, 2019.
  17. ↑ "TAPS' 'As Soon as Impossible' is equal parts emotionally heavy and comedically light-hearted". November 15, 2021.
  18. ↑ "Betty Shamieh – John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation…".
  19. ↑ Vincentelli, Elisabeth (March 16, 2017). "Review: 'The Strangest,' a Different Perspective on Camus's Classic". The New York Times.
  20. ↑ "The Machine".
  21. ↑ "Betty Shamieh | an Interview".
  22. ↑ "Veracity Butcher".
  23. ↑ "Playwright Betty Shamieh's favorite antiheroes and angelic demons". Harvard Magazine. December 7, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2026.
  24. ↑ "Theatreworks Silicon Valley Streams new Works Festival online". April 20, 2021.
  25. ↑ "Too Soon". Kirkus Reviews.
  26. ↑ Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster
  27. ↑ "The Strangest".
  28. ↑ "Malvolio".
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