Yasmine Beverly Rana


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Yasmine Beverly Rana

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Personal Statement: Coming up ...SPARE TYRE THEATRE
returns to New Diorama Theatre to celebrate International Women’s Day by showcasing Picture Me: stories by and about women.

"We are delighted to be featuring excerpts from The War is My Bed by
US writer Yasmine Beverly Rana."

Wednesday 7th March at 7:30pm
Thursday 8th March at 2:30pm & 7:30pm
Friday 9th March at 2:30pm & 7:30pm
Saturday 10th March at 7:30pm
at New Diorama Theatre, 15-16 Triton Street, Regent's Place, London NW1 3BF

BLOOD SKY

New Stage Performing Arts Center
Directed by Mari Andrejco

March 9th – 25th 2012

55 North Street
Pittsfield, MA 01201

"A play from acclaimed playwright Yasmine Rana, whose play The Fallen was a featured reading in the 2011 New Works at New Stage Festival, Blood Sky is a provocative and moving work that New Stage is proud to present as part of the 2012 International Women’s Month."

INTERVIEWS and REVIEWS ...http://playwrightstheatreofnewjersey.blogspot.com/2011/12/5-questions-with-yasmine-rana.html

http://teaneck.patch.com/articles/video-teaneck-playwright-shares-her-latest-work#video-7861760

http://tolucantimes.info/section/theatre_review/i-only-have-one-production-to-tell-you-about-this-week-but-will-be-back-next-time-with-two-new-shows/

Photo by Dennis Dalelio

Current Work THE WAR ZONE IS MY BED AND OTHER PLAYS Seagull Publishing and University of Chicago Press www.press.uchicago.edu www.amazon.com www.barnesandnoble.com Available at New York bookstores including Strand, Drama Bookshop, and NYU Bookstore "Kalinovik" from THE FALLEN Published by Blackbird Spring 2011 Issue www.blackbird.vcu.edu
Short Bio Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Yasmine is a playwright, arts therapist, and educator. Fellowships include the Paulette Goddard Fellowship from New York University and the Walter E. Dakin Fellowship in Playwriting from the Sewanee Writers Conference at the University of the South. Yasmine is a New York State Licensed Creative Arts 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. 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. Yasmine has performed the solo versions of her plays in London through the Central School of Speech and Drama's Accidental Theatre Festival at the Roundhouse Theatre in Camden and the Institute of Contemporary Arts. Her work has been translated and performed in Eastern Europe. Publications include BLACKBIRD, THE KENYON REVIEW, THE DRAMA REVIEW, and THE BEST WOMEN'S MONOLOGUES and THE BEST STAGE SCENES series.
Union Affiliations/Professional Organizations Writer's Guild of America East, PEN, National Association of Drama Therapy (Registered Drama Therapist), New York State Licensed Creative Arts Therapist, Women and Performance Member at Large


Type of artist Writer
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 January 24th, 2012

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