Complementary Colors

A young Muslim girl in Afghanistan has only sisters. Her father decides she must dress, behave, and be accepted as a boy.(A true story) What will the village elders think when puberty hits, and he/she can not grow a beard? Complementary Colors offers the answer.
Huma is sent to an American boarding school where she becomes ‘best friends forever’ with Yona, a Jewish classmate. Huma and Yona both enroll at NYU...

A young Muslim girl in Afghanistan has only sisters. Her father decides she must dress, behave, and be accepted as a boy.(A true story) What will the village elders think when puberty hits, and he/she can not grow a beard? Complementary Colors offers the answer.
Huma is sent to an American boarding school where she becomes ‘best friends forever’ with Yona, a Jewish classmate. Huma and Yona both enroll at NYU where they team up with two other female freshmen to form an all-girls band. Things go awry when Huma’s past from the Afghanistan village catches up with her. As Huma and Yona become romantically connected, Huma’s domineering Uncle plans to separate Huma from the forbidden American lifestyle.
Complimentary Colors questions the traditions of mainstream religions and their relevance in the twenty-first century.

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Complementary Colors

CHARACTERS: 7 total – 5 Female, 2 Male
HUMA - Female, freshman at NYU. Pre-med. Afghani female.
YONA - Female, freshman at NYU. Undeclared major.
TAMERA - Female, freshman at NYU. Full Scholarship – Tisch Drama ZOEY - Female, freshman at NYU. Physics major.
UNCLE WASIM – HUMA’s Uncle. Afghani. Late 40’s to mid- 50’s. AUNT KINA – Married to UNCLE WASIM. Afghani. Early 30’s. FEDA - An Afghani male. Barely 20.

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization John F. Kennedy Cente: Page to Stage, Year 2015