Synopsis
Palestine. 1939. A dying revolution. A Palestinian family is at odds over how to achieve freedom and survive in an increasingly contested land under foreign rule. True events inspire this "tragipoliticomedy" about the ill-fated Arab revolt against British occupation and the ills and absurdities of imperialism. Tackling the crucial years leading up to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as we know it, Tennis in Nablus combines humor, tragedy, and a rich tapestry of characters to weave an epic tale about a world on the brink of momentous change.

Production History
Tennis in Nablus was produced at the Alliance Theater in 2010 and at Stageworks Hudson in 2011. It has received staged readings in Chicago (Goodman Theatre, Silk Road Rising), New York (New Yorki Theatre Workshop, Queens Theatre in the Park) Beirut (American University of Beirut) and Berlin (After the Last Sky Festival). Tennis in Nablus was published in Inside/Outside: Six Plays from Palestine and the Diaspora (TCG, 2015). The play has been translated into French and is currently being translated into Arabic and Spanish.

Synopsis
Infused with questions about family, exile and war in the post-September 11, 2001 era, Truth Serum Blues delves inside the tortured mind and body of Kareem, a young Arab-American man stripped of his rights and lost in his own memories. Using multiple media and genres, the play glides back and forth between Guantanamo Bay, the urban United States, and the Middle East asking explosive questions in a time of war and turmoil and challenging our definitions of terrorism, patriotism, sedition and freedom.

Production History and Reviews
Premiering in Minneapolis at Pangea World Theater and running for two weeks straight to sellout crowds in September and October of 2005, Truth Serum Blues went on to receive critical acclaim from the local press in Minneapolis where it was named “Best Solo Performance of 2005” by Lavendar Magazine. After its Minneapolis run the show went on to be performed in limited runs in New York, Detroit, CHicago and Los Angeles.

Synopsis
Ibrahim enters into the madness of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and finds himself in the crossfire between competing visions of the future, as well as his family's past. Spanning from 1993 to 2009, and from Washington to Gaza, Ibrahim's journey sheds light on the idiosyncrasies of nationalism and heroism in a part of the world mired in conflict and tragedy.

Synopsis
It is August 1982 and Beirut is under siege. In the Sabra refugee camp the specter of a massacre looms, and the Akawi family receives an unexpected and mysterious visitor who brings the past rushing back - and alters the course of events to come.

Production History
Sabra Falling was originally commissioned by Pangea World Theater, where it received its world premiere in September 2017 under the direction of Dipankar Mukherjee. The play was written with the support of Mizna, and received staged readings in London (Mosaic Rooms), New York (Noor Theatre), and San Francisco (Golden Thread). Sabra Falling was published in Double Exposure: Plays of the Jewish and Palestinian Diasporas (Playwrights Canada Press, 2016).

Synopsis
A young Palestinian football player explains his team's impossible quest to make it to the World Cup through checkpoints, exile, corruption, and death.

Production History
Foot (a one-person play) was performed as part of Palfest Ireland, at Dublin's historic Dalymouth Park Stadium as well as at Pangea World Theater before receiving its world premiere in Chile in Teatro Amal's 2016 production of the Spanish translation (Carolina Muñoz Proto) at the Parque Cultural de Valparaíso. The Chilean premiere was followed by an extended run in November of 2017 at Teatro Duoc in Santiago de Chile.

Synopsis
Co-adapted with Naomi Wallace from the novella of the same name by assassinated Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani, Return to Haifa is a haunting tale of the repercussions and residues of dispossession and loss in Palestine/Israel.

Production History
Returning to Haifa was originally commissioned by the Public Theatre, recieving its world premiere, directed by Caitlin Mcleod, at London's Finborough Theatre, in February of 2018.

Synopsis
Fleeing the famine-stricken mountains of Lebanon during World War I, Nicola makes the journey to the U.S. Once there, he hopes to track down his relative who emigrated years before. Following information from an old letter, Nicola comes to Lakewood, a small town in the Deep South. Nicola must ultimately navigate the treacherous lines, both real and imagined, of the Jim Crow South. Grappling with the legacies of white supremacy, immigration and assimilation, Dead Are My People is an unexpected journey to the core of American experience.

Production History
Dead Are My People was commissioned and developed by Noor Theatre and is slated for its world premiere in 2019. The play features original music and composition by Lebanese composer Hadi el Debek. Dead are My People received a prestigious Map Fund Grant in 2017 and was selected for a weeklong development residency at the National Arab Arab Museum in Dearborn Michigan in December 2017.

Synopsis
Co-Adapted (with Naomi Wallace) for the stage from the award-winning novel by Sinan Antoon, The Corpse Washer is an urgent and haunting tale exploring three decades of war in Iraq through the eyes of Jawad, an aspiring artist drawn back into the family trade of ritual corpse cleaning in a Baghdad increasingly overflowing with death.

Production History
The Corpse Washer was commissioned for adaptation by the Actors Theatre of Louisville. Stay tuned for production updates.