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Current Work
Recently ...
BLACKBIRD
Publication of KABUL REVISITED, Scene 4 of
THE WAR ZONE IS MY BED
Fall 2007 Issue
Now available online
www.blackbird.vcu.edu (Gallery)
The Looking Glass Theatre
Premiere of PARADISE
November-December 2007
www.thelookingglasstheatre.homestead.com
La MaMa Experimental Theatre
"Experimenta Festival"
World Premiere Production of
THE WAR ZONE IS MY BED
Directed by George Ferencz
October 18-November 4, 2007
www.lamama.org
Day of Dialogue
Hofstra University
New York
October 24th, 2007
4:30-6
Reading from excerpts of THE WAR ZONE IS MY BED to be followed by a talk on international women's issues and domestic violence
*Radio interview about the play may be accessed on www.wrhu.org (Hofstra's radio station, "Visions and Choices" program)
THEATRE IN AFRICA
"Performance and Consciousness"
Monologues from BLOOD SKY, RETURNING, THE WAR ZONE IS MY BED
Stellenbosch, South Africa
July 10-14, 2007
RACE AND PLACE IN GLOBAL PERFORMANCES:
Women and Theatre Program
Association for Theatre in Higher Education
New Orleans, Louisiana
July 24-25, 2007
Resilience of the Spirit
Human Rights Festival
"Blackened Windows"
Directed by Bil Wright
San Diego, California
July-August 2007
www.resilienceofthespirit.com
*Review posted on "Reviews" file |
Short Bio
Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Yasmine is a playwright, arts therapist, and educator. Yasmine's plays have been produced and developed in the United States and abroad. Plays and excerpts from her plays have been published in BLACKBIRD, THE BEST WOMEN'S STAGE MONOLOGUES, THE BEST STAGE SCENES, THE ALABAMA LITERARY REVIEW, and U.S. 1 WORKSHEETS. Forthcoming publications include THE KENYON REVIEW and TDR: THE DRAMA REVIEW.
Fellowships include the Paulette Goddard Fellowship from New York University, the Walter E. Dakin Fellowship in Playwriting from the Sewanee Writers Conference at the University of the South, the Cultural Exchange Station of Tabor, Czech Republic.
Yasmine is also a Registered Drama Therapist and has worked with refugees in Bosnia, The Republic of Georgia, and Switzerland where she implemented an arts and education program for Bosnian youth.
She holds Master's degrees in Education and Dramatic Writing, with clinical certificates in Creative Arts Therapies and International Trauma Studies. Yasmine's work with the arts and traumatized populations has been presented internationally at conferences and workshops.
THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH published an article on Yasmine's work with English language learning, the arts, and displaced populations.
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Union Affiliations/Professional Organizations
Dramatists Guild, Writer's Guild of America, East, PEN, National Association of Drama Therapy (Registered Drama Therapist)
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Art forms
Literary, Theater
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Type of artist
Writer
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General Themes
International/Global, Mental Health/Psychology, Violence, Activism/Social Justice, Feminism/Gender Issues |
Keywords
Race and Identity,
Culture,
Trauma and Memory |
| Last updated on June 2nd, 2008 |
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