Works written by Samah Meghjee:
BLOOD PARTY
MAYBE YOU COULD LOVE ME
QURAN CAMP
THE DEEP END
SKATER AUNTIES
ZAHRA AND LABBAYK
Synopses:
Blood Party – It’s Anisa’s birthday party – I mean, blood party – I mean, wajib party! Anisa finally got her period at 17 years old, and her mom throws her a coming-of-age party in the park. Her mosque friends come, her school friends come, no one is getting along, and everyone is trying to figure out Anisa’s secret.
The Deep End – A new musical about an adult beginner’s swim class deep in the center of Florida. We follow Batul, an uptight Marine BioGeoChemistry PhD Candidate who failed her University’s entry swim test and needs to pass this class to retest in the Fall. Batul encounters enthusiastic classmates, synchronized swimmers, and a very hot lifeguard as she struggles to overcome her fear of water; in a tale of loneliness, grief, and found family, will Batul sink or swim?
Maybe You Could Love Me – How many sleepovers and shared hijab pins does it take to make you best friends? For Sajida and Noor, the number was forgotten years ago. However, as high school graduation looms, they must decide if their love for each other is the key to becoming who they were meant to be, or if it will cause everything to unravel.
Bio:
Samah Meghjee is an award winning playwright and screenwriter. Her work is interested in the currency of secrets: we keep them, we trade them, we hold them over each other. As the storyteller, she loves the tightrope of being the keeper and withholder of the truth. Her plays include blood party (IAMA Emerging Playwrights Lab), The Deep End (Geffen Playhouse Writer’s Room), and Maybe You Could Love Me (Theatrical Rights Worldwide; World Premiere: Theater Mu). Her work has been recognized by the O’Neill Playwrights Conference, the Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Faultline Theater, The Road Theater, GLAAD, MPAC, The Black List, and more. Her TYA plays, co-authored by her identical twin Salwa, are published by Brooklyn Publishers. Samah’s original feature QURAN CAMP is in development, and her television credits include SUNNY (A24/Apple TV+) and GOOD AMERICAN FAMILY (20th Century Studios/Hulu). MFA: Northwestern University. BA: Emory University.