Betty Shamieh was at work on a new play entitled The Strangest, an absurdist murder mystery set in French Algiers. Off-Broadway productions of her plays include The Black Eyed, The Machine and Roar, which was selected as a New York Times Critics Pick.
Discipline:
Theatre – playwriting
Betty Shamieh
Discipline:
Theatre – playwriting
Region: New York, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 2011
More:
www.bettyshamieh.com
Studios
Calderwood
Betty Shamieh worked in the Calderwood studio.
In the winter of 1998, motivated by his passion for reading, Stanford Calderwood donated funds for a new writers’ studio. Burr-McCallum Architects of Williamstown, MA, provided the award-winning design in 1999; and the construction of the handsome studio was completed in time for its first artist to arrive early in 2000. With a series of double-hung casement…