Past Productions

Nuri is a beekeeper; his wife, Afra, an artist. They live a simple life, rich in family and friends, in the beautiful Syrian city of Aleppo – until the unthinkable happens. When all they care for is destroyed by war, they are forced to escape. On their terrifying journey, they must face the pain of their own unbearable loss alongside incredible danger. Above all, they must journey to find each other again. This compassionate and beautiful play is a story of connection – between friends, families and strangers.

Winner of the Aspen Words Award, Runner up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and one of The Times top three bestselling books of 2020, Christy Lefteri’s best-selling novel has its world premiere in a brand new adaptation by Nesrin Alrefaai and Matthew Spangler.

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Production History:

UK Tour 2023 | Venues and Dates:

Nottingham Playhouse (Feb 2023)

Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse (March 2023)

Salisbury Playhouse (March 2023)

Cardiff, New Theatre (March 2023)

Shrewsbury, Theatre Severn (April 2023)

Dublin, Gaiety Theatre (April 2023)

Salford, The Lowry (April 2023)

Glasgow, Theatre Royal (April 2023)

London, Richmond Theatre (May 2023)

Norwich Theatre Royal (May 2023)

Cambridge Arts Theatre (May 2023)

Coventry, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry (May 2023)

Leeds Playhouse (June 2023)

Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Theatre Royal |(June 2023)

Birmingham, The Rep (June 2023)

Plymouth, Theatre Royal (June 2023)

Guildford Yvonne Arnaud (July 2023)

Based on the novel by Khaled Hosseini. Play script available to purchase from Penguin Press.

Amir and Hassan are best friends growing up in Afghanistan in the 1970s until an act of betrayal forces them apart. When the Soviet Union invades in 1979, Amir and his father immigrate to the United States, while Hassan stays behind. Twenty years later, Amir is called back to Afghanistan to rescue Hassan’s son from the now war-torn country, but first, he must face demons from his past. The Kite Runner is a heartbreaking story of loyalty, betrayal, and redemption set against the backdrop of global politics.

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Production History (Selected):

Helen Hayes Theatre, Broadway, NY (21 July 2022 and ran through 30 October 2022)

Wyndham’s Theatre, London West End (2017)

London Playhouse, West End (2017)

UK Tours (2014, 2017, 2018, 2020)

Irish Tour (2018)

Dubai Opera House (2020)

Richmond Theatre, London (2020)

Tatar State Theatre in Almetyevsk, Russia (2021)

Westphalian State Theatre, Germany (2019-21)

Jamshed Bhabha Theatre, Mumbai, India (2019)

Auditorium, New Delhi, India (2019)

Gesher Theatre, Tel Aviv (2018)

Nottingham Playhouse (2014)

Liverpool Playhouse (2014)

Brighton Festival (2014)

Citadel Theatre, Edmonton (2013)

Theatre Calgary (2013)

New Repertory Theatre, Watertown, MA (2012)

Cleveland Play House (2010)

Actors Theatre of Louisville (2010)

Arizona Theatre Company (2009)

San Jose Repertory Theatre (2009)

San Jose State University (2007)

Awards (Selected):

5X winner of San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics’ Circle Awards, including Best Original Script and Overall Production (2010)

Mary MacMurtrie Award for Best Drama, Arizona Daily Star (2010)

Best Theatre Production, Tucson Weekly (2010)

Best Theatre Production, Liverpool Post Arts Awards (2014)

Finalist for Best Production, UK Regional Theatre Awards (2015)

Time Out Dubai, Best Theatre Production (shared award) (2020)

Co-written with Benjamin Evett. Based on based on Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” This high-paced and riveting one-person show tells the “true” story behind the Mariner’s epic voyage in Coleridge’s poem. Set on board a privateer ship in the 1720s, the play includes everything Coleridge left out, including the violence and swearing.

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Production History

59E59 Theatres, New York, Off-Broadway (2017)

Poets’ Theatre Boston (2015)

New Repertory Theatre, Watertown, MA (2015)

Gloucester Stage Company, MA (2015)

Paradise Green, Edinburgh Fringe Festival (2016)

Kennesaw State University (2016)

Arizona Theatre Company (2017)

Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Hawaii (2018)

Downtown Theatre Center, State College, PA (2019)

Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin, Ireland (2021)

Awards (Selected):

Winner of two Elliot Norton Awards for Outstanding Production by a Small Theatre and Outstanding Solo Performance (2015).

Finalist for the Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding New Script (2015).

Best Theatre Production and Best Actor, Maui News, Hawaii (2018).

Based on the novel by T.C. Boyle. Cándido and América, two undocumented immigrants from Mexico, are camping along a streambed in Topanga Canyon, California. In this epic tale about the price of the American dream, their lives intersect in comic and increasingly tragic ways with those of the settled community around them.

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Production History:

Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Hawaii (2019)

Western Stage, Salinas, CA (2015)

San Diego Repertory Theatre (2012)

San Jose State University (2010)

Arizona Theatre Company (staged reading, 2012)

La Jolla Playhouse (staged reading, 2010)

Awards:

Recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award (2012)

Finalist for San Diego Critics’ Circle Award for Best New Script (2012)

Co-written with Farshad Farahat and inspired by the book All the Shah’s Men, by Stephen Kinzer, this play tells the undercover story of the CIA led coup in Iran in 1953.

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Production History:

Little Fish Theatre, Los Angeles (2019)

Arabian Shakespeare Festival, San Francisco (2018)

Co-written with Farah Yasmeen Shaikh. This Kathak dance and music performance tells the incredible true story of Nur Jahan. Born in a Persian refugee camp in 1577, she rose to become an empress of the Mughal Empire and most powerful woman in the world.

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Production History:

Z Space, San Francisco, CA (2020)

Hammer Theatre, San Jose, CA (2020)

Wellesley College, MA (2018)

Asia Society Museum, Houston (2018)

Lahore, Pakistan (2017)

Karachi, Pakistan (2017)

Mexican Heritage Center, San Jose, CA (2016)

Bing Theatre, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2015)

Based on the novel by Hanan al-Shaykh and co-written with Raeda Ghazaleh. Set during the Lebanese civil war in Beirut in the 1970s, this play explores the dangerous relationship between a young woman and a sniper operating on her street. The novel remains one of al-Shaykh’s most beloved, enduring, and controversial four decades after its publication.

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Production History:

Carthage Theatre Festival, Tunisia (2021)

El-Hakawati Theatre, East Jerusalem (2020)

Based on four short stories by John Cheever. This dark comedy, set in the picture perfect American suburbs of the 1960s, includes Cheever’s best-known story, “The Swimmer.” 5 out of 5 stars British Theatre Guide.

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Production History:

San Jose State University (2013)

Bedlam Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe Festival (2004)

Wordshed Productions, Chapel Hill, NC (2004)

Awards:

Finalist for the Triangle Theatre Award for “Best New Play” (2004)

Based on novel by Marjan Kamali. This one woman show explores the changing relationship between a mother and daughter as the emigrate from Iran to the United States.

Production History:

Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies, San Francisco State University (2019)

University of California, Irvine (2018)

San Jose State University (2016)

Based on the book by Mary Manning and Sinead O’Brien, and co-written with Kellie Hughes, Striking Back tells the amazing story of Mary Manning and the Dunnes Stores Strikers in Ireland in the 1980s. When 10 Dunnes Stores staff members refused to sell products from South Africa, in a gesture of support with the global anti-apartheid movement, they were suspended. This led to a nearly three year long strike, the result of which was an Irish-wide ban on South African products, and a partial European-wide ban, which contributed to the fall of the apartheid government.

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Production History:

Dublin Theatre Festival, Pavilion Theatre, Ireland (staged reading, 2020)

Hinterland Festival of Literature & Arts, Ireland (staged reading, 2019)