Betty Shamieh

Betty Shamieh is a Palestinian-American playwright, author, screenwriter and actor. She is a native of the San Francisco Bay Area, and is currently a mentor and professor at Marymount Manhattan College in New York City.

Shamieh is a graduate of Harvard University and the Yale School of Drama, and has authored 15 plays.

With the 2004 premiere of "Roar", a drama about a Palestinian family that was honored as a New York Times Critics Pick for four consecutive weeks, she became the first Palestinian-American to have a play premiere off-Broadway.

elected Works

* "Chocolate in Heat: Growing Up Arab in America", 2003 (New York International Fringe Festival)
* "Roar", 2004 (off-Broadway)
* "The Black-Eyed", 2005 (Magic Theatre, San Francisco)
* "Territories", 2008 (Magic Theatre, San Francisco)

References

* [http://imeu.net/news/article00262.shtml Profile of Betty Shamieh at the Institute for Middle East Understanding]
* [http://www.bettyshamieh.com/ Betty Shamieh - Official Website]
* [http://www.radcliffe.edu/fellowships/current/bio.php?id=178&year=2005-2006 Biography from Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University]