Denmo Ibrahim

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...
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

Plays

  • Arab Spring by Denmo Ibrahim
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: loss, grief + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: loss, grief, family, Recovery, siblings, father, home, funeral, Arab culture, muslim comedy
    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
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    1–2
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    Genre: adventure, biography + 7 more
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    Keyword: Immigrants, dad and daughter + 6 more
    Genre: adventure, biography, comedy, dark comedy, docudrama/historic, drama, farce, movement/physical, political
    Keyword: Immigrants, dad and daughter, American Dream, first generation American, Arab American, American/Middle East Personal Politics, Egyptian-American, cultural identity
    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...
    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
    Cast: 
    5–21
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    Genre: adventure, comedy + 4 more
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    Keyword: immigration, not belonging + 4 more
    Genre: adventure, comedy, drama, faith-based, immersive, young audiences
    Keyword: immigration, not belonging, faith-based, Islam, plays for young audiences, MENA
    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
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    6–10
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    Genre: drama
    Genre: drama
    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
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: adventure, comedy + 8 more
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    Keyword: Childhood, Arab + 8 more
    Genre: adventure, comedy, docudrama/historic, drama, experimental, immersive, movement/physical, political, science fiction, young audiences
    Keyword: Childhood, Arab, community, neighborhood, Brooklyn, Palestine, meta-theatre, interview, space travel, Politics
    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
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    1–6
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    Genre: adventure, comedy + 8 more
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    Keyword: immersive, audio play + 2 more
    Genre: adventure, comedy, drama, experimental, fable/folktale, fantasy, immersive, movement/physical, musical, radio drama
    Keyword: immersive, audio play, Radio drama, Immigrants
    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...
    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.