Research
My research centers on political drama, collaborative theatre-making, and translation. I co-edited, co-translated and wrote the introduction to the anthology Tahrir Tales: Plays from the Egyptian Revolution (Seagull Books), which received a Literature in Translation Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. I have published reviews and articles in Modern Drama, Arab Stages, The Voice and Speech Review, American Theatre Magazine, The Mercurian, and presented at the ASTR, IFTR, and VASTA conferences. I am currently working on a collection of new Palestinian drama in translation, Theatre Between Home and Exile: New Plays from Palestine.
Teaching
I have been teaching academic and practical courses in Higher Education in the discipline of theatre and drama on the undergraduate and postgraduate level for over a decade at Harvard, Cornell, and Vanderbilt. I have taught lecture and seminar courses on contemporary world theatre, theatre of protest and revolution, Middle Eastern theatre, and drama in translation. I have taught studio courses in voice & speech, and various approaches to acting including Stanislavski, Knebel’s Active Analysis, Practical Aesthetics, and Shakespeare. I have also directed and facilitated numerous student productions, including several English-language world premieres of new Arabic drama.
Leading a voice & speech warm-up with Harvard College students.
Dancing is a Sin
Huntington Theatre Company, Boston
Translation
As a translator, I have received grants and commissions from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Fulbright Scholar Program, the Doris Duke Foundation Building Bridges Program, the Mellon Foundation’s TCG Global Connections award, the Radcliffe Institute, the Huntington Playwriting Fellows, the Einaudi Center for International Studies, the Catalyst Collaborative @ M.I.T., the Foundation for Jewish Culture, and the Middle Eastern Theater Project.
with playwright Mohammad Al Attar at Rowan University
Public Engagement
I’ve curated and produced performances, public talks, workshops, and master classes with international artists, scholars and activists at numerous institutions.