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People

Staff

Sahar Assaf

Executive Artistic Director

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Michelle Mulholland

Managing Director

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Sheila Devitt

Marketing & Engagement Manager

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Linda Maria Girón

Operations Associate

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Wendy Reyes

Production Associate

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Soluna Espinosa Pieb

Development & Patron Services Associate

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Navid Ghaem Maghami

Art Director

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Torange Yeghiazarian

Founding Artistic Director Emeritus

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Vida Ghahremani

Artist Emeritus

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Board of Trustees

Babak Sani

President

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May Allam

Treasurer

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Nora el Samahy

Secretary

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John Atwood

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Humaira Ghilzai

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Murrey Nelson

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Rita Hovakimian

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Nancy Chemaly

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Resident Artists

After years of building a thriving artistic community, we’re finally making it official. Golden Thread is launching its Resident Artist program as a three-year pilot seeking to create more opportunities for our artistic community, define pathways of career development, and make our diversity and impact more visible.

Hassan Abdulrazzak

Playwright

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Sofia Ahmad

Actor

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Shoresh Alaudini

Actor

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Munaf Alsafi

Actor

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Wesley Apfel

Stage Manager

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James Ard

Sound Designer

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Kenan Arun

Make-up Designer

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James Asher

Actor

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Atosa Melody Babaoff

Actor

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Cassie Barnes

Lighting Designer

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Kate Boyd

Scenic and Lighting Designer

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Jim Cave

Lighting Designer

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Yussef El Guindi

Playwright

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Nora el Samahy

Actor

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Debórah Eliezer

Actor

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Nakissa Etemad

Dramaturg

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Naseem Etemad

Actor

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Denmo Ibrahim

Actor and Playwright

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Hannah Khalil

Playwright

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Mona Mansour

Playwright

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Evren Odcikin

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Lawrence Radecker

Actor

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Roneet Aliza Rahamim

Actor

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Sara Razavi

Director and Actor

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Karen Runk

Stage Manager

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Damien Seperi

Actor

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Benjamin Shiu

Stage Manager

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Mohammad Talani

Actor and Musician

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Lisa Tateosian

Actor and Choreographer

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Grisel (GG) Torres

Stage Manager and Props Designer

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Mikiko Uesugi

Scenic Designer

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Bella Warda

Actor and Director

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Advisory Board

Samer Ali

Director, The Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and Associate Professor, Near Eastern Studies, University of Michigan

Samer Al-Saber

Assistant Professor of Theater and Performance Studies, Stanford University

Marvin Carlson

Distinguished Professor, Theatre, Comparative Literature, and Middle Eastern Studies, The Graduate Center, CUNY

Catherine Coray

Arts Professor, NYU Tisch School of Drama, Experimental Theatre Wing

Hamid Dabashi

Professor, Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature, Columbia University

Roberta Levitow

Co-Founder, Theatre Without Borders, and Senior Program Associate, Sundance Institute Middle East North Africa Theatre Program

Ella Shohat

Professor, Art & Public Policy and Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies, NYU Tisch School of the Arts

Roberto Gutiérrez Varea

Founding Faculty, Performing Arts and Social Justice Program, University of San Francisco

Naomi Wallace

Playwright and MacArthur Fellow

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