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YUSSEF EL GUINDI |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Born in Egypt, raised in London and now based in Seattle, El Guindi received a B.A. from American University in Cairo and a 1985 MFA in playwriting from Carnegie-Mellon University. He frequently examines the collision of ethnicities, cultures and politics that face Arab-Americans. He has had at least 16 plays produced since 2001 in regional theaters from Durham to Anchorage. At the same time, he has worked as resident playwright at Silk Road Theatre Project; literary manager for Golden Thread Productions in San Francisco; playwright in residence, dramaturg and lecturer at Duke University; and dramaturg for Eureka Theatre and reader for The Magic Theatre, both in San Francisco.
Plays by Yussef El Guindi
Back Of The Throat | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2006 | |||||
Company: | The Flea | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatist Play Service, NY, 2007 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #47172 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | Following a heinous terrorist attack, an Arab American writer is visited by two government officials. What begins as a friendly inquiry soon devolves into a full-blown investigation of his presumed ties to terrorists. At times surreal and comic, the play examines the way in which facts, evidence, and (mis)perceptions are used to distort the truth and how racial profiling impacts the relationship between the accusers and the accused. | |||||
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Hostages | ||
| 1st Produced: | Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street, New York, NY 10012 >>> | 06 Jan 2010 | ||||
Company: | Miscreant Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #108848 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Two British professors have left their homeland for a war-zone. They are there on a mission of peace, but peace is hard to find when you are chained to a radiator. Hostages explores the intricacies of human nature when it is deprived of personal contact and torn from the pleasantries of everyday life. | |||||
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Jihad Jones and the Kalashnikov Babes | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #104473 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Karima's City | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatist Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #62332 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 6 to 7 actors can play the 25 roles | |||||
Notes: | adapted from short stories by Salwa Bakr | |||||
Synopsis: | Karima's beloved city is changing around her. The seeds-and-nuts vendor, the fruit seller and the butcher who used to greet her each morning no longer do. Everywhere concrete monstrosities are rising, and the trees are vanishing. These changes are making Karima physically ill, and she can no longer keep silent. But whenever she speaks her mind, all manner of suffering befalls her. In a society that judges iconoclasts shameful, dangerous and a menace, it slowly becomes apparent that Karima's devastating fate has already been written. Touching on issues of enormous significance in the Islamic world, this finely wrought play bubbles with unexpected charm and humor as it leads to its inexorable conclusion | |||||
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Language Rooms | ||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #104474 | |||
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Pilgrims Musa and Sheri in the New World | ||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #138319 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | won the $25,000 Steinberg/ATCA Award for the best new play from American regional theater in 2011. | |||||
Synopsis: | about a man who comes to America from Egypt and falls in love with a life-buffeted American waitress | |||||
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Such a Beautiful Voice is Sayeda's | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatist Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #62333 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | doubling possible | |||||
Notes: | adapted from short stories by Salwa Bakr | |||||
Synopsis: | In its first few pages SUCH A BEAUTIFUL VOICE IS SAYEDA'S transports you to another world. Here, Islam hangs in the very air you breathe; spirits, or Jinns, may lurk near; flattering dresses and lipstick are evidence of infidelity; and a woman singing can bring dishonor and ruin to herself and her family. Lyrical and delicate, and suffused with moments of haunting theatricality, this exploration of the oppression of the human spirit is a perfect jewel of the one-act art. | |||||
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