Plays, Publications + Presentations
PLAYS WRITTEN + PRODUCED
“Electra: After Giraudoux, After Snowden v.1” Full Production, Muse of Fire (2015)
"Welcome To Paradise: A Requiem" Full Production, Kanonhallen, Oslo (2009)
“Patriot Act” Full Production, Various (2004-2006)
“American Girls” Staged Reading, T/IA (2003)
“American Standard” Full Production, Expanded Arts (1997)
“Electra: After Giraudoux, After Snowden v.1” Full Production, Muse of Fire (2015)
"Welcome To Paradise: A Requiem" Full Production, Kanonhallen, Oslo (2009)
“Patriot Act” Full Production, Various (2004-2006)
“American Girls” Staged Reading, T/IA (2003)
“American Standard” Full Production, Expanded Arts (1997)
TELEVISION
P.o.N.Y. (People of New York), "Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll" (Pilot) (2013)
P.o.N.Y. (People of New York), Teaser Video (2013)
RE: Org, "Pilot" (2006)
Thrush TV, "The Coma Show" (2005)
P.o.N.Y. (People of New York), "Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll" (Pilot) (2013)
P.o.N.Y. (People of New York), Teaser Video (2013)
RE: Org, "Pilot" (2006)
Thrush TV, "The Coma Show" (2005)
PUBLICATIONS
Book Chapter:
2012, The Things I Am Afraid To Tell You: Performing Palestine in Diaspora, Doomed By Hope: Essays on the Theatre, Ed. Eyad Houssami (2012)
DIssertation:
Ph.D. New York University, Performance Studies; Dissertation Advisor Diana Taylor, “Radical Disappearances: Art, Terror and the Body in Performance,” (2011)
Co-Editor:
2008, Special Section on Arab Theatre, The Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism (Fall 2008)
Articles:
2011, Burn: The Radical Disappearance of Kathy Change, The Drama Review (Summer 2011)
2008, The Traps of the Visible, The Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism (Fall 2008)
2004, Patriot Act: Political Performance After 9/11, e-misférica, Journal of the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics (Fall 2004)
Book Chapter:
2012, The Things I Am Afraid To Tell You: Performing Palestine in Diaspora, Doomed By Hope: Essays on the Theatre, Ed. Eyad Houssami (2012)
DIssertation:
Ph.D. New York University, Performance Studies; Dissertation Advisor Diana Taylor, “Radical Disappearances: Art, Terror and the Body in Performance,” (2011)
Co-Editor:
2008, Special Section on Arab Theatre, The Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism (Fall 2008)
Articles:
2011, Burn: The Radical Disappearance of Kathy Change, The Drama Review (Summer 2011)
2008, The Traps of the Visible, The Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism (Fall 2008)
2004, Patriot Act: Political Performance After 9/11, e-misférica, Journal of the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics (Fall 2004)
PAPERS PRESENTED
“The Things I Am Afraid To Tell You: Performing Palestine in Diaspora” Middle Eastern Studies Association (MESA) conference New Orleans November 2013
“Mona Hatoum: Foreign Body” Academic Symposium: From Portraits to Pinups: Representations of Women in Art and Popular Culture, Brooklyn Museum 2011
“Becoming Cyborg” American Society for Theater Research (ASTR) conference Boston November 2008
“The Traps of the Visible” Middle Eastern Studies Association (MESA) conference Washington, D.C. November 2008
“I Want My Body To Go Everywhere” 13th Annual Performance Studies International (PSi) conference at New York University, New York November 2007
“Materials of an Inciting Nature” 12th Annual Performance Studies International (PSi) conference at Queen Mary, University of London, London June 2006
“The Body Politic in Extreme” Culture/Identity/Belief forum, Temple University, Philadelphia November 2005
“Burn: The Radical Disappearance of Kathy Change” Dance Under Construction conference Vll at the University of California, Los Angeles April 2005
“The Things I Am Afraid To Tell You: Performing Palestine in Diaspora” Middle Eastern Studies Association (MESA) conference New Orleans November 2013
“Mona Hatoum: Foreign Body” Academic Symposium: From Portraits to Pinups: Representations of Women in Art and Popular Culture, Brooklyn Museum 2011
“Becoming Cyborg” American Society for Theater Research (ASTR) conference Boston November 2008
“The Traps of the Visible” Middle Eastern Studies Association (MESA) conference Washington, D.C. November 2008
“I Want My Body To Go Everywhere” 13th Annual Performance Studies International (PSi) conference at New York University, New York November 2007
“Materials of an Inciting Nature” 12th Annual Performance Studies International (PSi) conference at Queen Mary, University of London, London June 2006
“The Body Politic in Extreme” Culture/Identity/Belief forum, Temple University, Philadelphia November 2005
“Burn: The Radical Disappearance of Kathy Change” Dance Under Construction conference Vll at the University of California, Los Angeles April 2005
CONFERENCES, PANELS + LECTURES
Chair:
"Counter Culture,” 13th Annual Performance Studies International (PSi) conference at New York University, New York November 2007
Seminar Convener:
"Something Out of (Almost) Nothing: Micro Budget Independent Film Making”, The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival, Brooklyn, May (2013)
“Women Making Documentary: Female Documentary Filmmakers”, The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival, Brooklyn May (2012)
“Articulations of Contemporary Arabic Culture in Theatre and Performance”, American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR), ASU, Phoenix November 2007
“Performance and the New Arab World”, American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR), Chicago November 2006
Panel Convener:
"The Life and Death of Chang(e),” HERE Arts Center, NYC 2015
“Art and Activism”, Between The Seas Festival, Wild Project, NYC 2014
Panelist:
"Brooklyn Stakeholders,” Technical.ly Brooklyn, NYC 2016-present
“Siting Performance,” The Back Room, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran and Eyebeam, NYC 2011
“From Portraits to Pinups: Representations of Women in Art and Popular Culture,” Brooklyn Museum 2011
“Redefining Performance in the 21st Century,” PERFORMA 2004-2006
Guest Lecturer:
"Kathy Change: Art, Activism and Martyrdom”, Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, 2014
“On Curatorial Practice,” Shapeshifter Lab, BRIC Arts Media, 2013
“On Extreme Body Art Performance,” Department of Drama, Honors Seminar: The Future of Normal, New York University Fall, Spring 2013
“On Terrorism”, Department of Media, Culture and Communication, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, New York University 2010
"The Lack of Desire”, Artist Talk/Curatorial Discussion, BAC Gallery, February 7, 2008
Chair:
"Counter Culture,” 13th Annual Performance Studies International (PSi) conference at New York University, New York November 2007
Seminar Convener:
"Something Out of (Almost) Nothing: Micro Budget Independent Film Making”, The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival, Brooklyn, May (2013)
“Women Making Documentary: Female Documentary Filmmakers”, The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival, Brooklyn May (2012)
“Articulations of Contemporary Arabic Culture in Theatre and Performance”, American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR), ASU, Phoenix November 2007
“Performance and the New Arab World”, American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR), Chicago November 2006
Panel Convener:
"The Life and Death of Chang(e),” HERE Arts Center, NYC 2015
“Art and Activism”, Between The Seas Festival, Wild Project, NYC 2014
Panelist:
"Brooklyn Stakeholders,” Technical.ly Brooklyn, NYC 2016-present
“Siting Performance,” The Back Room, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran and Eyebeam, NYC 2011
“From Portraits to Pinups: Representations of Women in Art and Popular Culture,” Brooklyn Museum 2011
“Redefining Performance in the 21st Century,” PERFORMA 2004-2006
Guest Lecturer:
"Kathy Change: Art, Activism and Martyrdom”, Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, 2014
“On Curatorial Practice,” Shapeshifter Lab, BRIC Arts Media, 2013
“On Extreme Body Art Performance,” Department of Drama, Honors Seminar: The Future of Normal, New York University Fall, Spring 2013
“On Terrorism”, Department of Media, Culture and Communication, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, New York University 2010
"The Lack of Desire”, Artist Talk/Curatorial Discussion, BAC Gallery, February 7, 2008