American playwright, author, screenwriter and actor
Betty Shamieh 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. Tony-nominated Marion McClinton directed, and Annabella Sciorra and Sarita Choudhury starred.
"Malvolio".
"Malvolio" premiered at the Classical Theatre of Harlem in the summer of 2023, co-directed by Ian Belknap and Ty Jones.
"The Black Eyed".
"The Black Eyed"'s original premiere was at The Magic Theatre in 2005. 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. 
The Theatre Fournos of Athens, Greece, produced a translation of the play in Greek. 
"Fit for a Queen".
"FIT FOR A QUEEN" was first produced by the Classical Theatre of Harlem in 2016.
"Free Radicals".
"Free Radicals" was translated into Dutch by the Het Zuidelijk Toneel in 2012. She was also an artist-in-residence at the same theatre.
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