Mohammed Saad Ali News

Play and screenwriter Rollin Jewett will return to the Downtown Urban Arts Festival with a dark comedy involving breaking and entering. Lydia Kalmen & Thamer Jendoubi in OUR LITTLE SECRET with Vincent Ticali as Lt. Banks. Production directed by Jay Michaels.

'We are all energized about this powerful play,' remarked Mary Elizabeth Micari, artistic director of Genesis Repertory, regarding Mohammed Saad Ali's new play.

"We are all quite energized about this powerful play," remarked Mary Elizabeth Micari, artistic director of Mohammed Saad Ali's new play, A LONELY NIGHT IN CONEY ISLAND, premiering as part of a special presentation celebrating the 20th anniversary of Genesis Repertory, a leading arts & education organization in NYC, this Friday, April 28 at 9:00 p.m. as part of the 2017 Spotlight-On Festival at The Wild Project, 195 East 3rd Street, NYC.

The wild project has just announced its current and upcoming spring lineup. Scroll down for details!

Avant Media's Tangets Series, NY No Limits Film Series, The CURRENT SESSIONS, and Spotlight On fest included the East Village venue's April programming.

In A LONELY NIGHT IN CONEY ISLAND by Mohammed Saad Ali, Omar, Fred, and Sam are hangin', smoking some weed. But in today's America, only one of them is a criminal. With the specter of prior offenses over his head, Arab-born Omar needs to be very careful.

The Founder of the New York Theater Festival returns with RISE OF THE PHOENIX: The 2017 Spotlight-On Festival, running April 17 - 30 at The Wild Project, 195 East 3rd Street, NYC.

Ghoulish goings on are expected for the monster month of October and Andrew Rothkin & Sara Minisquero of White Rabbit supply us with a whole cauldron full! The second annual White Rabbit Productions' Halloween event: SCREAM QUEENS AND CRAZED FIENDS. Scroll down for a sneak peek at the show, featuring some maccabre moments from the works of Christopher Sirota and Mohammed Saad Ali, members of Genesis Repertory's M Center Play-and-Screen Writers Workshop!

Ghoulish goings on are expected for the monster month of October and Andrew Rothkin & Sara Minisquero of White Rabbit supply us with a whole cauldron full! The second annual White Rabbit Productions' Halloween event: SCREAM QUEENS AND CRAZED FIENDS. Scroll down for a sneak peek at the show, featuring some maccabre moments from the works of Christopher Sirota and Mohammed Saad Ali, members of Genesis Repertory's M Center Play-and-Screen Writers Workshop!

Ghoulish goings on are expected for the monster month of October and Andrew Rothkin & Sara Minisquero of White Rabbit supply us with a whole cauldron full!

The M Center for the Arts - Brooklyn's professional training ground for performing artists scores another victory within its celebrated play-and-screenwriters workshop.

Molly Gyllenhaal will appear in Christopher Sirota's comedy, STALLED, and Mohammed Saad Ali's drama, CANAAN, Genesis Repertory's entries in John Chatterton's Midwinter Festival of New Works

Scroll down for a sampling of photos from John Chatterton's Fifth Annual Midwinter Madness Play Festival!

John Chatterton's midwinter festival turns five this year. The celebration includes comedies, dramas, musicals, and children's shows exploring the stars and the mind; life and the afterlife -- with Marilyn Monroe, Amelia Earhart, and William Shakespeare; meet Korean brides and Middle-Eastern couples; solve mysteries from as far as England -- and as close as the men's room!

John Chatterton's series of theatre festivals are rapidly becoming the preeminent location for quality stage works in New York.

John Chatterton's series of theatre festivals are rapidly becoming the preeminent location for quality stage works in New York. His monthly short play labs create unlimited opportunities for young artists as well as theatergoers; the venerable Midtown International Theatre Festival is a New York tradition; and the now-five-year-old MIDWINTER MADNESS SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL welcomes the new year with a gaggle of brilliant bits under an hour.

John Chatterton's Midwinter Madness Festival, now in its fifth year, presents the finest examples of short stage works. Joining this year's list is two examples from Genesis Repertory's training program, The M Center Playwrights Workshop.

On the heels of his category-sweep at the Midtown International Theatre Festival, Mohammed Saad Ali opens a new play, CANAAN, at the Manhattan Rep's November Event, tonight, November 6. Manhattan Rep is located at 303 West 42nd Street in NYC.

On the heels of his category-sweep at the Midtown International Theatre Festival, Mohammed Saad Ali opens a new play, CANAAN, at the Manhattan Rep's November Event, Wednesday, November 5 & Thursday, November 6. Manhattan Rep is located at , at 303 West 42nd Street in NYC.

Last Monday, October 27, the Midtown International Theater Festival presented the awards for its 15th anniversary season. Meshelle, 'The Indie-Mom of Comedy,' hosted this New York independent theatre tradition which celebrates the outstanding work of the festivals and productions found in the Midtown International Theatre Festival, Midwinter Madness Fest, Commercial Division, Children's Theatre Program, Cabaret Showcase, Staged Reading Series, and the Short Play Lab. BroadwayWorld brings the results and pictures from the evening below!