by Alyssa Haddad-Chin 

INKubator 2019-2020

Samia never knew her father, and her secretive Lebanese mother is more interested in watching Wheel of Fortune than providing answers. While she’s proud of her Arab American heritage, Samia wishes she knew more about her family history — until her friend does her DNA test without her consent, making Samia confront just how much knowledge about her ancestry she can handle.

DEVELOPMENT HISTORY
- Reading, Premiere Stages New Play Festival, 2024
- Semi-Finalist, The Terrence McNally New Works Incubator, 2024
- Semi-Finalist, National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, 2024
- Finalist, Title Wave New Play Festival at Bay Street Theater, 2024
- Finalist, American Blues Theater Blue Ink Award, 2024
- Finalist, Leah Ryan Playwriting Prize, 2024
- Semi-Finalist, Pipeline PlayLab, 2024
- Finalist, Live Arts WATERWORKS Festival, 2024
- Semi-Finalist, The Civilians R&D Group, 2024
- Fellowship, The Playwrights Realm Writing Fellowship, 2022-2023
- Semi-Finalist, Bay Area Playwrights' Festival, 2022
- Reading, The Shelter, 2021
- Reading, Arab American Association of New York Annual Bazaar, 2020

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For more information, contact Alyssa Haddad-Chin at haddada194@gmail.com