Salwa Meghjee

Salwa Meghjee

Salwa Meghjee is an MFA candidate in Writing for the Screen and Stage at Northwestern University. She writes about mental illness, sisterhood, and the Muslim-American experience with a comedic bent. She has previously written a column on mental illness for the newspaper The Daily Californian, a short film "Therapist Speed Dating" streaming on Amazon Prime Video, a children’s play "The Mysterious...
Salwa Meghjee is an MFA candidate in Writing for the Screen and Stage at Northwestern University. She writes about mental illness, sisterhood, and the Muslim-American experience with a comedic bent. She has previously written a column on mental illness for the newspaper The Daily Californian, a short film "Therapist Speed Dating" streaming on Amazon Prime Video, a children’s play "The Mysterious Mystery of the Lost Letters" published by Brooklyn Publishers, and "Bear Pact," a play that 7,000 new UC Berkeley students watch every year on mental health, substance use, and sexual health. She also co-founded and ran The Golden Theatre Company for three years. In her free time, Salwa loves baking blueberry pie, playing with her cats Dipper and Mabel, and crocheting hats.

Plays

  • U-Haul Mesbians by Salwa Meghjee
    Cast: 
    16–18
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    Genre: comedy, farce
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    Keyword: wedding, Islam
    Genre: comedy, farce
    Keyword: wedding, Islam
    When Alaina and Zaamenah reveal to their traditional Muslim families that Alaina's birthday party is actually their lesbian wedding, their families put them on trial for their crimes of lying and homosexuality. A play with music about marrying culture, religion, and the modern world.
  • Word Play by Salwa Meghjee
    Cast: 
    5–25
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    Genre: adventure, comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: tya, Theatre for Young Audiences
    Genre: adventure, comedy, fantasy, young audiences
    Keyword: tya, Theatre for Young Audiences
    When the Warden of Words outlaws the creation of new words, the words refuse to print in protest. Haiku poet Paulie and his half-paper friend Ellouie must adventure to convince the words to print again and to repair Ellouie’s paper heart that is ripping apart.
  • Kill the Depression Before It Kills You by Salwa Meghjee
    Cast: 
    12–30
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    Genre: dark comedy, musical
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    Keyword: mental illness, Depression
    Genre: dark comedy, musical
    Keyword: mental illness, Depression
    After Kitty undergoes brain surgery to cure her depression, she begins to have visions of her middle school biology teacher, Mrs. Melancholy, who died by suicide drinking frog dissection formaldehyde.
  • Intake: Hawaii by Salwa Meghjee
    Cast: 
    12–16
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    Genre: dark comedy
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    Keyword: Depression, bipolar disorder + 2 more
    Genre: dark comedy
    Keyword: Depression, bipolar disorder, mental illness, Mental Health
    Desperate for better treatment for her mental illness and a way to pay off her medical debt, Jane joins the cast of "Intake: Hawaii," a reality show that takes place in a psychiatric hospital. The goal of “Intake” is to find the perfect treatment regimen: a combination of medication, therapy, and any other forms of treatment that might be helpful to the contestants. This is achieved through a series...
    Desperate for better treatment for her mental illness and a way to pay off her medical debt, Jane joins the cast of "Intake: Hawaii," a reality show that takes place in a psychiatric hospital. The goal of “Intake” is to find the perfect treatment regimen: a combination of medication, therapy, and any other forms of treatment that might be helpful to the contestants. This is achieved through a series of chaotic and increasingly strange games.