Denmo Ibrahim

Denmo Ibrahim (she/her) is an American playwright, children’s book author, and actor of Egyptian descent. Her plays include Arab Spring (Bay Area Playwrights Festival, 2022) Kal & Dija Save the World (Civilians’ R&D Group Findings Series), the hybrid experience Brilliant Mind (Marin Theatre Company), BABA (Alter Theatre), Ecstasy / A Waterfable (Golden Thread), and The Day Naguib Mahfouz Was Stabbed In The Neck And Almost Died a.k.a. The Selkie Play (Finalist: NNPN’s Showcase of New Plays). Her work is currently in development with The Ground Floor at Berkeley Repertory Theatre (The Dream Fugue of May Ziyadeh) and Audible for a new ten-part historical drama on the life of Hatshepsut. Her recently released audio-immersive book Zaynab’s Night of Destiny (Fons Vitae, Commonwealth Theatre...

Denmo Ibrahim (she/her) is an American playwright, children’s book author, and actor of Egyptian descent. Her plays include Arab Spring (Bay Area Playwrights Festival, 2022) Kal & Dija Save the World (Civilians’ R&D Group Findings Series), the hybrid experience Brilliant Mind (Marin Theatre Company), BABA (Alter Theatre), Ecstasy / A Waterfable (Golden Thread), and The Day Naguib Mahfouz Was Stabbed In The Neck And Almost Died a.k.a. The Selkie Play (Finalist: NNPN’s Showcase of New Plays). Her work is currently in development with The Ground Floor at Berkeley Repertory Theatre (The Dream Fugue of May Ziyadeh) and Audible for a new ten-part historical drama on the life of Hatshepsut. Her recently released audio-immersive book Zaynab’s Night of Destiny (Fons Vitae, Commonwealth Theatre Center) has engaged thousands of elementary and middle school students across 25 public schools in Louisville, KY in 2022. Denmo holds an MFA in Lecoq-based Actor Created Physical Theater from Naropa University and a BFA in Acting from Boston University. denmoibrahim.com

Scripts

Arab Spring

by Denmo Ibrahim

Synopsis

Arab Spring is a biting dark comedy about loss, grief, and the petty wars we wage in family to belong. Yusef, a recovering addict and Dina, his controlling big sister, return on the 4th of July to their childhood home in the suburbs to bury their deadbeat father. Can they figure out a) how to do his Islamic funeral before the body goes cold, b) who their estranged father really was, and c) what family really...

Arab Spring is a biting dark comedy about loss, grief, and the petty wars we wage in family to belong. Yusef, a recovering addict and Dina, his controlling big sister, return on the 4th of July to their childhood home in the suburbs to bury their deadbeat father. Can they figure out a) how to do his Islamic funeral before the body goes cold, b) who their estranged father really was, and c) what family really means without killing each other? Inshallah.

BABA

by Denmo Ibrahim

Synopsis

BABA
1F or 1M/1F

*Winner of "Best Original Script" by San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle.

1982, Manhattan. Trapped in the absurd circus of the office of US Passport & Immigration, a desperate father pleads his case—a passport for his little girl—revealing in the process the price he paid for the American Dream. Thirty years later, his daughter Layla embarks on a journey halfway across the world in...

BABA
1F or 1M/1F

*Winner of "Best Original Script" by San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle.

1982, Manhattan. Trapped in the absurd circus of the office of US Passport & Immigration, a desperate father pleads his case—a passport for his little girl—revealing in the process the price he paid for the American Dream. Thirty years later, his daughter Layla embarks on a journey halfway across the world in hopes of reclaiming the lost pieces of her culture, her father, and herself.

Zaynab's Night of Destiny

by Denmo Ibrahim

Synopsis

When Zaynab Azzam first moved with her mom from Cairo to Kentucky, she had trouble fitting in. Two years later, Zaynab is still struggling to make friends. When she gets invited to her first slumber party, she believes this might be her chance to finally belong! But there’s only one problem: it’s the last ten days of Ramadan and one of these will be the holiest night of the year. When her mom says no to the...

When Zaynab Azzam first moved with her mom from Cairo to Kentucky, she had trouble fitting in. Two years later, Zaynab is still struggling to make friends. When she gets invited to her first slumber party, she believes this might be her chance to finally belong! But there’s only one problem: it’s the last ten days of Ramadan and one of these will be the holiest night of the year. When her mom says no to the party, Zaynab's tears of disappointment unlock a doorway into the Sahara desert where, ready or not, she begins the quest of a lifetime.

The Day Naguib Mahfouz Was Stabbed In The Neck And Almost Died (a.k.a. The Selkie Play)

by Denmo Ibrahim

Synopsis

Her father was a fisherman. Her mother was a fish. Raheem, a young Irish-Egyptian woman of mixed heritage is in culinary school in Brooklyn and discovers an underwater abyss she must traverse to discover her true origin.

Her father was a fisherman. Her mother was a fish. Raheem, a young Irish-Egyptian woman of mixed heritage is in culinary school in Brooklyn and discovers an underwater abyss she must traverse to discover her true origin.

Kal & Dija Save the World

by Denmo Ibrahim

Synopsis

Follow a company of actors creating a play about third culture kids born and raised in Bay Ridge, a predominantly Arab neighborhood in Brooklyn. They rehearse. They perform. They search for a story. Meanwhile, the youngest characters break free of the script, build a rocket ship and blast off into space. An investigation of community, freeze tag, the U.S. Census, acrylic vs gel nails, and space travel.

Follow a company of actors creating a play about third culture kids born and raised in Bay Ridge, a predominantly Arab neighborhood in Brooklyn. They rehearse. They perform. They search for a story. Meanwhile, the youngest characters break free of the script, build a rocket ship and blast off into space. An investigation of community, freeze tag, the U.S. Census, acrylic vs gel nails, and space travel.

You Are Not Alone

by Denmo Ibrahim

Synopsis

A 20 Minute Immersive Audio Walking Experience for One

Today has a kind of magic. And you know this...I love that about you. You are impossible. In the very best ways.”
~ Zaha, 67, your new friend

Conceived by Denmo Ibrahim and Tracy Cameron Francis
Written and performed by: Denmo Ibrahim
Original Musical Score by: Ryan Anthony Francis

Do memories linger on empty streets? Is there adventure just around the...

A 20 Minute Immersive Audio Walking Experience for One

Today has a kind of magic. And you know this...I love that about you. You are impossible. In the very best ways.”
~ Zaha, 67, your new friend

Conceived by Denmo Ibrahim and Tracy Cameron Francis
Written and performed by: Denmo Ibrahim
Original Musical Score by: Ryan Anthony Francis

Do memories linger on empty streets? Is there adventure just around the block? Does magic exist? An exploration of friendship, intimacy, and imagination, You Are Not Alone is an interactive walking experience for one. Explore your own neighborhood with this 20-minute interactive audio story with you as the main character and your street as the stage.