Dalia Taha is a Palestinian poet and playwright. Her produced plays include Graduation, video reading, Maxime Gorki Theatre and LCB, Berlin 2020; Hunger: a Musical, Qattan Foundation and Al-Mawred Althaqafy, Palestine, 2018; There is no one Between you and me, Brown University, 2016; Fireworks, the Royal Court Theatre, 2015; Keffiyeh/Made in China by The Flemish Royal Theatre and the Qattan Foundation, 2012. Her poetry collection, "The Autobiography of the People of the City of R" is forthcoming. Dalia Holds an MFA in Playwriting from Brown University. She is under commission by the Royal Court Theatre.

Adam M. Kassim is a theatre director, educator, and arts facilitator. He has a love for new play development and a passion for exploring stories that bravely investigate the messiness of the human condition. Directing credits include The Honey Trap and Dead House (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre); And Baby Makes Seven (Lincoln Square Theatre); Little Row Boat: Or, Conjecture, Agamemnon, Mrs. Packard, In the Heart of America, Ghosts, and The Europeans (Boston University School of Theatre). Adam has served as an assistant director at The Kennedy Center Playwrights Workshop, New Repertory Theatre, SpeakEasy Stage, and the Opera Institute at BU, and was an observer for the 2020 PlayLabs Festival at the Playwrights' Center. Upcoming projects: Doubt with New Repertory Theatre (Spring 2022). Adam is a proud member of the 2020 National Directors Fellowship cohort with the O'Neill Center, National New Play Network, and SCDF. He is an SDC Associate member and was recently appointed to the advisory board of Boston Playwrights' Theatre. Adam received his MFA in Directing from Boston University, where he continues to work and teach in the School of Theatre. Adam grew up in South Carolina and considers himself the gay, Palestinian American embodiment of Anne of Green Gables. He currently lives in Boston, MA with his husband and two fur children, Berry and Huck. For more information on Adam's work and his thoughts on theatre, check out www.adamkassim.com.

Dina Soltan most recently appeared as Ada in Ada And The Engine with Avant Bard. She also played Dhana in Dhana and the Rosebuds with Ally Theatre Company, a devised ensemble piece. Originally from England, she studied A Level Drama, where she then moved to Egypt and studied Theater. Eventually, she moved to Washington D.C where she attended and graduated The Honors Acting Conservatory at The Theater Lab (2016). Acting credits also include Or, (Theatre Prometheus), Reykjavik (Rorschach Theatre), A Woman of No Importance (Scena Theatre), The Vagrant Trilogy (Mosaic Theater Company of DC), Soldier Poet (Theatre Prometheus), Neverwhere (Rorschach Theatre), The Blind (The Wheel Theatre Company).

Ahmad Kamal is happy to be back at Mosaic and sharing stories and tales, during a time where we truly need them. Ahmad has worked with numerous theater companies, including Round House Theatre, Signature Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, and many more. He holds a BFA from The University of Virginia and an MA from Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Fargo Nissim Tbakhi (Man) is a queer Palestinian-American performance artist and writer. He is the winner of the Ghassan Kanafani Resistance Arts Prize, a Pushcart and Best of the Net nominee, and a Taurus. He has received fellowships from VisArts, Desert Nights, Rising Stars, Halcyon Arts Lab, Mosaic Theater, and RAWI. His writing appears in Foglifter, Mizna, Peach Mag, Apex Magazine, Strange Horizons, the Shallow Ends, Prolit, and select bags of Nomadic Grounds Coffee. His performance work has been programmed at OUTsider Fest, INTER-SECTION Solo Fest, the Rachel Corrie Foundation’s Shuruq Festival, the Alwun House Monster’s Ball, Mosaic Theater, and has been supported by the Arizona Commission on the Arts. Find more at fargotbakhi.com.

Violet Regan is thrilled to be making her Mosaic Theatre Company debut as Young Girl in Keffiyeh/Made in China. She is currently in her freshman year at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, perusing a BFA in Acting (via zoom!) This past spring Violet was the recipient of the E. Wilson Award for Theatre Arts: Acting at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, VA. Some of her favorite roles include: Mayzie LaBird in Seussical the Musical, Wendy Darling in Lost Girl, Little Red Riding Hood in Into The Woods, and Gay Wellington in You Can’t Take It With You. Violet is so thankful for the opportunity Mosaic Theatre Company has given her to create theatre again and hopes you enjoy the show!

Sanam Laila Hashemi is so excited to be returning to Mosaic and working with this wonderful team! Recent credits: The Who & The What (TheaterWorks Hartford); Pilgrims Musa & Sheri in the New World (Mosaic Theater); Tiny Beautiful Things (Lake Dillon); The Christians (Virginia Rep/Cadence Theatre); Dance Nation (TheatreLAB). Sanam is a proud member of the Pipeline New Works Fellowship where she has written two plays under the mentorship of David Lindsay-Abaire. She studied at the Maggie Flanigan Studio and holds a B.A. from Virginia Tech. She is grateful to her family and friends for their support.

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