April 15-25, 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."
April 15-25, 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
October 9–November 11, 2012
Written by Adriana Sevahn Nichols
Directed by Lisa Portes
March 2–April 4, 2010
Conceived by Jamil Khoury
Featuring plays by Philip Kan Gotanda, Velina Hasu Houston, David Henry Hwang, Jamil Khoury, Shishir Kurup, Lina Patel, and Elizabeth Wong
Directed by Steve Scott
October 21–November 1, 2009
Conceived and Curated by Jamil Khoury
Directed by Elizabeth Margolius
Musical Direction by Gary Powell
March 19–May 10, 2009
Written by Motti Lerner
Translated from Hebrew by Anthony Berris
Directed by Jennifer Green
September 15–November 8, 2007
Written by Shishir Kurup
Directed by Stuart Carden
April 4–May 28, 2006
Written by Yussef El Guindi
Directed by Stuart Carden
October 13–December 30, 2005
Written by Yussef El Guindi
Directed by Stuart Carden
July 18, 2003–April 20, 2005
Written by Jamil Khoury
Multiple Casts, Multiple Directors
January 16–March 2, 2003
Written by Jamil Khoury
Directed by Michael Malek Najjar
