March 27–May 4, 2014
Co-Produced with About Face Theatre
Written by Aditi Brennan Kapil
Directed by Andrew Volkoff
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.
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
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
