Betty Shamieh

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 Possible^[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]