Carissa Atallah

Carissa Atallah is a playwright from Southern California. Titles include BROWN FACE, winner of the Steinberg National Student Playwriting Award presented by the Kennedy Center, and VOIR DIRE, winner of the 45th Annual Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival. She earned an M.F.A. in Creative Writing for the Performing Arts from the University of California, Riverside. Learn more at carissaatallah.com

Carissa Atallah is a playwright from Southern California. Titles include BROWN FACE, winner of the Steinberg National Student Playwriting Award presented by the Kennedy Center, and VOIR DIRE, winner of the 45th Annual Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival. She earned an M.F.A. in Creative Writing for the Performing Arts from the University of California, Riverside. Learn more at carissaatallah.com

Scripts

Rhinoplasty, a breakup play

by Carissa Atallah

Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
farce,
romantic comedy

When Cassie, a Middle Eastern millennial living in Los Angeles, schedules a nose job, she's forced to break up with someone she's had a complicated relationship with for years— her big nose.

When Cassie, a Middle Eastern millennial living in Los Angeles, schedules a nose job, she's forced to break up with someone she's had a complicated relationship with for years— her big nose.

Brown Face

by Carissa Atallah

2
Cast Size
5—8
Genre
comedy,
drama,
political

Gracia is a Chicana writer and DREAMer. In order to draw attention to her work but not her undocumented status, Gracia convinces her white and US-born best friend Mariza to perform her poetry. When Gracia’s words launch Mariza into gaining a following as a Latinx artist and activist, their friendship is tested by issues of privilege and cultural appropriation. Part play, part poetry slam, “Brown Face” follows a...

Gracia is a Chicana writer and DREAMer. In order to draw attention to her work but not her undocumented status, Gracia convinces her white and US-born best friend Mariza to perform her poetry. When Gracia’s words launch Mariza into gaining a following as a Latinx artist and activist, their friendship is tested by issues of privilege and cultural appropriation. Part play, part poetry slam, “Brown Face” follows a group of college students as they navigate their identities in the competitive world of spoken word poetry. Available: https://www.concordtheatricals.com/s/95098/brown-face

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Voir Dire

by Carissa Atallah

5
Cast Size
5—9
Genre
comedy,
drama,
experimental,
political

Have you, or anyone close to you, been sexually assaulted in your lifetime?
“Voir Dire”, a Kennedy Center award-nominated short play, follows a diverse set of women as they are interviewed for jury duty on a sexual assault case in New York City. Winner of the 45th Annual Samuel French Off Off Broadway Theater Festival. Available through Concord Theatricals.

Have you, or anyone close to you, been sexually assaulted in your lifetime?
“Voir Dire”, a Kennedy Center award-nominated short play, follows a diverse set of women as they are interviewed for jury duty on a sexual assault case in New York City. Winner of the 45th Annual Samuel French Off Off Broadway Theater Festival. Available through Concord Theatricals.