Alyssa Haddad-Chin

Playwright and Director are commissioned to create the definitive Great Arab-American Drama, but quickly discover that no such blueprint exists. In trying to forge their own path, they are pulled into a magical lamp that sends them spiraling down a meta-theatrical fantasia of American classics, pop cultural touchstones, and our geopolitical consciousness that threatens their return home and questions and confronts what it means to be an Arab-American artist.

Poh Poh teaches her granddaughter, Jenny, to make dumplings for the Lunar New Year in her Chinatown apartment. As Jenny learns more about her culture, history, and family, she discovers that there are some secrets Poh Poh won't share, and the changing neighborhood isn't leaving space for them.

Taking place in the early 2000s, Off-White; Or the Arab House Party Play follows Leila, a half white, half Arab-American teen who never felt like an outsider until she's absent from school on 9/11. As her classmates' suspicions of her grow, Leila grapples with the erratic fluctuation of the perception of her identity, so she does what any reasonable high schooler would do to resurrect their reputation - throw the house party of the century.

Samia never knew her father, and her secretive Lebanese mother is more interested in watching Wheel of Fortune than providing answers. While she’s proud of her Arab American heritage, Samia wishes she knew more about her family history — until her friend does her DNA test without her consent, making Samia confront just how much knowledge about her ancestry she can handle.

When a young couple host their traditional families for Thanksgiving, they accidentally drop the bomb that they are engaged. Their parents do everything to prove that they’re not ready, creating a clash of cultures that begs the question: how do you create a future with someone from an entirely different past?

Gentlemen & Ladies is a satirical look at Men’s Rights Activist group, played entirely by femme actors, who have decided to finally move beyond the online space and meet in real life. When an unlikely new member shakes things up, the men must grapple with power dynamics, navigating new relationships beyond a screen, and shifting ideology for the group's future.

A family must decide what to do with Simon, the patriarch in his 70s suffering from Alzheimer's until his wife decides to take matters into her own hands.

Based vaguely on semi true events, this ten minute play follows a pizza shop owner and a cow that stumbled into Brooklyn, who are trying to find their sanctuary.

A United States Government Official and a Father show a Mother how her newborn daughter will be raised.