Samah Meghjee

Samah Meghjee (pronounced like "summer" with a Boston accent) is a Muslim playwright and screenwriter based in Los Angeles. Her work centers around womanhood and queerness in Islam, second-generation-immigrant-ism, and identical twin-ness.

Samah Meghjee (pronounced like "summer" with a Boston accent) is a Muslim playwright and screenwriter based in Los Angeles. Her work centers around womanhood and queerness in Islam, second-generation-immigrant-ism, and identical twin-ness.

Scripts

blood party

by Samah Meghjee

Synopsis

It's Anisa's birthday party - I mean, blood party - I mean, wajib party! Anisa finally got her period at 17 years old, and her mom throws her a coming-of-age party in the park. Her mosque friends come, her school friends come, no one is getting along, and everyone is trying to figure out Anisa's secret.

It's Anisa's birthday party - I mean, blood party - I mean, wajib party! Anisa finally got her period at 17 years old, and her mom throws her a coming-of-age party in the park. Her mosque friends come, her school friends come, no one is getting along, and everyone is trying to figure out Anisa's secret.

The Better Banana

by Salwa Meghjee and Samah Meghjee

Synopsis

Four genius young scientists getting their post-graduate degrees at the University team up to create the world’s first superfruit, The Better Banana™, which will revolutionize the way humans think about food and their health. The banana can provide the entire day’s nutrients needed, in fun flavors such as chocolate and taco supreme.

At a university party, the four discover that their technology was stolen by a...

Four genius young scientists getting their post-graduate degrees at the University team up to create the world’s first superfruit, The Better Banana™, which will revolutionize the way humans think about food and their health. The banana can provide the entire day’s nutrients needed, in fun flavors such as chocolate and taco supreme.

At a university party, the four discover that their technology was stolen by a rival research group at the nearby College. They decide they must find a way to retrieve it, reveal the robbers, and clear their own name before The Greater Grapefruit (Patent Pending) is released to the public.

The Deep End

Book and Lyrics by Samah Meghjee

Synopsis

After a lifelong fear of swimming, Batul must face her fear by taking a Remedial Adult Beginner's Swim Class at the Zephyr County Public Swimming Pool in order to start her PhD program in Marine BioGeoChemistry and continue her research on the Mariana Trench. But something, or someone, is haunting her...

After a lifelong fear of swimming, Batul must face her fear by taking a Remedial Adult Beginner's Swim Class at the Zephyr County Public Swimming Pool in order to start her PhD program in Marine BioGeoChemistry and continue her research on the Mariana Trench. But something, or someone, is haunting her...

Maybe You Could Love Me

by Samah Meghjee

Synopsis

How many sleepovers and shared hijab pins does it take to make you best friends? For Sajida and Noor, the number was forgotten years ago. However, as high school graduation looms, they must decide if their love for each other is the key to becoming who they were meant to be, or if it will cause everything to unravel. Playwright Samah Meghjee’s painfully funny romance takes you back and forth in time and looks at...

How many sleepovers and shared hijab pins does it take to make you best friends? For Sajida and Noor, the number was forgotten years ago. However, as high school graduation looms, they must decide if their love for each other is the key to becoming who they were meant to be, or if it will cause everything to unravel. Playwright Samah Meghjee’s painfully funny romance takes you back and forth in time and looks at bravery, belonging, and the paths we choose.

For Goodness Bakes

by Samah Meghjee

Synopsis

Ten minute play.
The world ends on National Pie Day.

Ten minute play.
The world ends on National Pie Day.

The Mysterious Mystery of the Lost Letters

by Samah Meghjee

Synopsis

A Theater for Young Audiences Play. Zoe is an assistant to Detective Davis Darvis, an incompetent amateur who does not appreciate her talents. When he accepts a case regarding an old woman’s stolen letters, he rejects Zoe’s proposal to help. She teams up with her friend Isaac in a race to solve the case before Darvis does, using her wit combined with Isaac’s botanical knowledge to aid their search. Their...

A Theater for Young Audiences Play. Zoe is an assistant to Detective Davis Darvis, an incompetent amateur who does not appreciate her talents. When he accepts a case regarding an old woman’s stolen letters, he rejects Zoe’s proposal to help. She teams up with her friend Isaac in a race to solve the case before Darvis does, using her wit combined with Isaac’s botanical knowledge to aid their search. Their adventure brings them across an elderly pro-wrestler, a duck-obsessed cult, a knitting gang, and more as they try to find the lost letters.

Letters from London

by Samah Meghjee

Synopsis

A mother and daughter at-odds travel through time with a giant octopus.

A mother and daughter at-odds travel through time with a giant octopus.

Zahra and Labbayk

by Samah Meghjee

Synopsis

Islamic legend says that a jinn, a humanoid mystical being with backwards feet, lives in every house. When Zahra falls in love with the jinn in her childhood home that no one else can see, her already tricky family life gets even more complicated.

Islamic legend says that a jinn, a humanoid mystical being with backwards feet, lives in every house. When Zahra falls in love with the jinn in her childhood home that no one else can see, her already tricky family life gets even more complicated.