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YASMINE RANA |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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I was born in the city of New Orleans and am absolutely heartbroken by what has happened. There is no place like New Orleans or the spirit of its people. New Orleans will always be great, because of its beautiful people, such as those wonderful artists who always found life's beauty through their jazz on the streets of Preservation Hall. It will always be my city and I am proud to be a native. As a playwright, I believe plays should take people outside of their familiarity and into the worlds of people such as survivors of war, survivors of domestic abuse, survivors of rape, the displaced, the nameless, those we see on the news, give a sympathetic sigh to, and then turn the channel to something happier.
Plays by Yasmine Rana
Blood Sky | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Looking Glass Theatre, New York | - - - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Excerpts published in Smith and Kraus' Best Stage Scenes and Best Women's Stage Monologues, 1999 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #28798 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Stage-read at Birmingham Repertory Theatre's Altered States Series in the U.K. Developed and stage-read at Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey; International Women Playwrights Conference: Athens, Greece; Estrogenius Festival: New York; John Harms Center for | |||||
Synopsis: | A wolf-like whistle is the catalyst for this journey of trauma and memory for Joley, an adult, breaking free from her past. | |||||
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Decent | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in The Alabama Literary Review, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #41069 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | The murder of a prostitute in New Orleans leads to a search for answers and decency for a surviving family member. | |||||
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Doves In The Trees | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | - - - | ||||
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 | #41070 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Extraotica | ||
| 1st Produced: | Looking Glass Theatre, NY | 2007 | ||||
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 | #62965 | |||
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Genre: | short play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | part of Creatures of the Cabaret. This is a program of eight short plays about non-human characters (such as trolls, fairies, goblins and ghouls). The plays are: Angels! by Mary Flanagan; One, Two, Three, Breathe by Lenore Blumenfeld; The Clock is Ticking by Nancy Gall-Clayton; Time Troll by Karin Diann Williams; English Therapy by Nancy Gall-Clayton; I Confess by Charmian Creagle & Sean Doran; Extraotica by Yasmine Beverly Rana; and Behind Closed Doors by Letitia Sweitzer. | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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M | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Excerpts published in U.S. 1 Worksheets, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #28799 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Produced at The Turnip Festival, The Samuel French Short Play Festival, The Looking Glass Theatre, Pulse Ensemble Theatre (All in New York); 12 Miles West Theater Company (New Jersey);Drama West (California) | |||||
Synopsis: | It's New Years Eve and Beatrice and fiance Peter visit a psychic who tells Beatrice that her soulmate's first initial is . . . M? Follow Beatrice as she embarks on a whirlwind journey in search of "M". | |||||
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Night of the Koala, The | ||
| 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 | #28801 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Synopsis: | Koalas or people? That is the question for James, a high powered CEO whose entire life-philosophy is re-examined when he is visited by an artsy therapist who wants him to fund her project. | |||||
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Paradise | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||||
Company: | Looking Glass Theatre | |||||
| 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 | #76551 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | part of Winter 2007 Writers/Directors Forum, a festival of workshop productions of plays featuring new writers and directors | |||||
Synopsis: | The levees break in New Orleans forcing illegal Indian immigrants Meena and Raj to decide between daring to hope for life or coming to terms with death | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Returning | ||
| 1st Produced: | Johns Hopkins University Theatre | 2006 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Excerpts published in U.S. 1 Worksheets, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #28800 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 4 | ||
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Notes: | LaMama International Theatre Company's Playreading Series (New York); HERE, New York | |||||
Synopsis: | From a detention centre for asylum seekers, to an art gallery in Sarajevo, the external and internal conflicts brought about by war are examined through the intertwined lives of those living it. | |||||
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Risk | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | - - - | ||||
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 | #49700 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | The value of human life engulfs a bedroom as Mina pleads with her partner to take the risk and say yes to life, rather than embark on a journey of destruction. | |||||
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War Zone is My Bed, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Nora's Playhouse, New York | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Forthcoming publication in Blackbird, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #40218 | |||
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Genre: | two act Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Produced by Nora's Playhouse in New York; The Looking Glass Theatre in New York | |||||
Synopsis: | A journalist's motives are questioned by his lover, a native of the war zone | |||||
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