April 15-18 and 22-25, 2026
Written by Yussef El Guindi
Directed by Adam Goldstein
Silk Road Cultural Center has been producing live theatre since 2003. Our productions tell the stories of Pan-Asian, North African, and Muslim peoples and, with but a few exceptions, adhere to a rule that we call “the playwright - protagonist imperative.” This rule stipulates that both the playwright and protagonist of a given play must share the same cultural background (i.e., Korean American playwright/Korean American protagonist, Arab American playwright/Arab American protagonist, etc.).
It is this particular alignment of voices, and the subjectivities it produces, that helps us to be the representation we most want to see: complex and complicated, multidimensional, often challenging, never siloed, and invariably rooted in family, community, culture, and the blessings and perils of “identity.”
The plays we produce center the experiences of Silk Road peoples while creating space for interchange within and between all cultures. Or as we like to say, “Theatre that is by us, about us, and for all."
We define a mainstage production as a fully produced show performed for ticket-buying audiences a minimum of eighteen times, not including preview performances.
April 15-18 and 22-25, 2026
Written by Yussef El Guindi
Directed by Adam Goldstein
April 14-27, 2024
Written by Karissa Murrell Myers
Co-Directed by Jonathan Shaboo and Dan Washelesky
October 1–November 10, 2019
Written by Fouad Teymour
Directed by Patrizia Acerra
March 11–April 7, 2019
Written and Performed by Karim Nagi
Directed by Anna C. Bahow
November 30–December 11, 2018
Adapted and Directed by Corey Pond
Music Direction by Emma Hospelhorn
Choir Direction by Erik Nussbaum
March 7–April 15, 2018
Written by Novid Parsi
Directed by Carin Silkaitis
May 11–July 2, 2017
Written by Charles Dickens
Adapted by Tanika Gupta
Co-Directed by Lavina Jadhwani and Nick Sandys
December 1–December 23, 2016
Written and Performed by Christine Bunuan
Directed by J.R. Sullivan
September 06–September 25, 2016
Written and Performed by Azhar Usman
Directed by Aaron Todd Douglas
February 18–February 28, 2016
Written and Performed by Ronnie Malley
Directed by Anna C. Bahow
November 19–22, 2015
Written and Performed by Jameeleh Shelo
Directed by Jessica Mitolo
October 1–4, 2015
Written and Performed by Marissa Lichwick
Directed by Lavina Jadhwani
August 13–16, 2015
Written and Performed by Puja Mohindra
Directed by Andrew Volkoff
February 19–22, 2015
Written and Performed by Kim Schultz
Original Direction by Sarah Cameron Sunde
October 16–November 23, 2014
Written by Christopher Chen
Directed by Joanie Schultz
