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REHANA MIRZA |
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Nationality: Asian American Email: n/a Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: Paradigm |
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Plays by Rehana Mirza |
167 Tongues | ||
| 1st Produced: | P.S. 69, 77-02 37th Ave, Jackson Heights (Queens), NY | 07 May 2010 | ||||
Company: | Jackson Repertory 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 | #114309 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | large cast | |||||
Notes: | conceived and directed by Ari Laura Kreith. The piece is written by 11 writers: Jenny Lyn Bader, Meny Beriro, Alvin Eng, Steven Fechter, Jennifer Gibbs, Les Hunter, Anna Kushner, Rehana Mirza, Jeffrey Solomon, Suzanne Sheptock, and Stefanie Zadravec. | |||||
Synopsis: | 167 Tongues explores the emotional geography of Jackson Heights, the most culturally diverse neighborhood in the world. Intermittent street scenes weave together alongside continuous stories in this 37-character play. An Indian sweet shop vendor struggles to keep her store going and her suitors at bay, a Nepali woman and a Mexican man fall in love across a linguistic divide, an Irish ghost befriends an troubled Ecuadorian girl and her Bangladeshi best friend, a Dominican manicurist wonders whether her Jewish Chinese boyfriend will propose before she is deported by the INS, and a Rwandan night nurse attempts to understand the 167 distinct languages spoken in the local Emergency Room. This theatrical experience combines street scenes with continuous narratives, found sounds, and movement in an exploration of Jackson Heights, Queens, the most diverse neighborhood in the world. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Barriers | ||
| 1st Produced: | Indocenter | 2002 | ||||
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 | #67135 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | With the homecoming of the only daughter, Sunima, who is returning from NYC to announce her pending engagement, the play quickly unravels as the mixed Muslim family is forced to confront past betrayals and issues and eventually ends up reaching a critical mass point. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Bikram & Cheekochio: The Musical | ||
| 1st Produced: | Henry Street Settlement | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Desipina & 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 | #63640 | |||
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Genre: | eleven minute play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Part of the fifth annual presentation of Seven.11 Convenience Theatre from Desipina & Company, which is a program of seven eleven-minute plays created by South Asian/East Asian American artists. book and lyrics by Michael Lew and Rehana Mirza, music by Samrat Chakrabarti | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Bombay Screams | ||
| 1st Produced: | Kraine Theatre | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Desipina & 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 | #49367 | |||
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Genre: | 11 min play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | An unemployed actor from Broadway's Bombay Dreams toils at the 7-11. . . . . until an up-and-coming female playwright comes in and sweeps him off his feet. Is it true love or just a messy Slushee? | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Dose of Reality, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Milagro Theater, NY | 2008 | ||||
Company: | Second Generation | |||||
| 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 | #81988 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Gemna is tired of watching reality TV. So she's decided to make everyone else watch her. Find out what happens when you stop being yourself, and start being real. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Good Muslim, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ma-Yi | 2006 | ||||
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 | #110003 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | When an unlikely friendship that blossoms between Nora, a 28-year old, club-hopping atheist, and Farzana, a sheltered 19-year old Muslim girl, will it be like Felix and Oscar, or Bush and Osama? | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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If It Is Sad I Don't Want To See It | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2G | 2009 | ||||
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 | #110004 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Damien runs a water company. Robert, Miriam and Savti just work there. As the global economy becomes increasingly smaller, each of themcomes to face what they're willing to give up in pursuit of a happy ending. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Minor Inconvenience, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Richmond Shepard Theatre, NY | 2008 | ||||
Company: | Desipina & Co | |||||
| 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 | #85153 | |||
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Genre: | 11 min play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | part of sixth annual edition of Seven.11 Convenience Theatre from Desipina & Co.; book by Rehana Mirza, lyrics by Matt Schatz, music by Naomi Lee | |||||
Synopsis: | Utilizing the same inventive format with new writers and new stories, this year's production boasts stories that feature: a personified SlurpeeŽ machine and a small-town girl dreaming of moving to the big city of Cincinnati, a convenience store owner and two of NYPD's finest who give advice to a love-struck loser, a sister and her run-away brother dealing with their parents' disappointment, a back room confessional Guru who yearns for his ex, a duo who host the hit reality show 'Convenience Store Makeover', a tribute to the working men, and an underage college student on a quest for his elixir of love-alcohol | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Radio Diaries of Hank, Yank and Prank | ||
| 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 | #132217 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | An early morning radio show famous for pulling pranks on its listeners gets a new intern who is sent in to reform the programme | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Stupid: The Plays | ||
| 1st Produced: | Magnet, 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 | #62977 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | This is a program of nine "smart plays about stupidity." It's presented by Columbia's School of the Arts Playwriting Class of '07. The playwrights are Rehana Mirza, Elizabeth Emmons, Jeremy Basescu, Alex Beech, Daria Polatin, Jon Kern, Julian Camilo Pozzi, Christine Chambers, and Reuben Jackson. The directors are Ali Ayala, Michael Lew, and Shira Milikowsky. The plays are about "white kids analyzing hip-hop culture, a woman suing herself, a starship captain fending off space pirates, global politics rewritten as a bad breakup, artists incurring mass debt to earn an MFA, botched blind dates, sensitive robbers, teenage angst, and failed actors turned failed psychics." | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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What's in Store | ||
| 1st Produced: | Center Stage, NY | 2009 | ||||
Company: | Desipina & Co | |||||
| 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 | #99582 | |||
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Genre: | short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | part of the seventh (and final) edition of Desipina & Co.'s annual short play festival | |||||
Synopsis: | A run-in at the convenience store leaves its manager with the keys to closing up. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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