Saheem Ali

REPRESENTATION

Rachel Viola

ViolaR@unitedtalent.com

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ARTICLES

HBO - Reopening Night

American Theatre Magazine

New York Times

Theaterly

WhatShouldWeDo

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PRODUCTIONS

Fat Ham / by James Ijames / Public Theater / NYC 2022

Goddess / by Michael Thurber & Jocelyn Bioh / Berkeley Rep / CA 2022

Merry Wives / by Shakespeare / Public Theater / NYC 2021

Nollywood Dreams / by Jocelyn Bioh / MCC / NYC 2021

Romeo y Julieta (audio play - listen here) / by Shakespeare / Public Theater / 2021

Shipwreck (audio play - listen here) / by Anne Washburn / Public Theater / 2020 

Richard II (audio play - listen here) / by Shakespeare / Public Theater & WNYC / 2020

Shipwreck / by Anne Washburn / Woolly Mammoth / DC 2020
Fires In The Mirror / by Anna Deavere Smith / Signature Theater / NYC 2019

The New Englanders / by Jeff Augustin / MTC / NYC 2019

The Rolling Stone / by Chris Urch / Lincoln Center Theater / NYC 2019

Passage / by Chris Chen / Soho Rep / NYC 2019

Fireflies / by Donja Love / Atlantic Theater / NYC 2018

Dangerous House / by Jen Silverman / Williamstown / MA 2018

Sugar in Our Wounds / by Donja Love / MTC / NYC 2018

Henry V / by Shakespeare / NYU Grad / NYC 2018

Tartuffe / by Moliere / Playmakers / NC 2018

Diaspora / by Nathaniel Shapiro / The Gym at Judson / NYC 2017

Where Storms Are Born/ by Harrison Rivers / Williamstown Theater Festival / 2017

Kill Move Paradise / by James Ijames / National Black Theater / NYC 2017

Twelfth Night / by Shakespeare / Public Theater Mobile Unit / NYC 2017

Nollywood Dreams / by Jocelyn Bioh / Cherry Lane / NYC 2017

Dot / by Colman Domingo / Detroit Public Theater / 2016

The Booty Call / by Michael Thurber & Saheem Ali / Inner Voices / NYC 2016

Hair / by Rado & McDermott / Pace University / NYC 2016

A Lesson From Aloes / by Fugard / Juilliard / NYC 2016

The Erlkings / by Nathaniel Shapiro / The Beckett at Theater Row / NYC 2014

Farhad / by Nilo Cruz & Jim Bauer / Inner Voices/ NYC 2012

Vital Signs / by Mammon & Sood / Riant Theater / NYC 2012

Marisol / by Jose Rivera / Barnard College / NYC 2011

The Wild Party / by Lachiusa & Wolfe / Columbia University / NYC 2007

 

WORKSHOPS & STAGED READINGS

Appointment with gOD / by Asiimwe Deborah / Playwrights Realm / NYC 2019

Blinding / by Jen Silverman/ Playwrights Horizons / NYC 2018

Sarah's Salt / by Jillian Walker / MCC / NYC 2018

Fireflies / by Donja Love / New Dramatists / NYC 2018

The Bandaged Place / by Harrison Rivers / Playwrights' Center / MN 2018​

TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever / by James Ijames / Playwrights Horizons / NYC 2018

In The Middle / by Donja Love / The Lark / NYC 2018

Revelation / by Ghazi Albuliwi / Atlantic / NYC 2017

Passage / by Chris Chen / Long Wharf / NYC 2017

Happiness & Joe / by Jocelyn Bioh / MCC / NYC 2017

House of Joy / by Madhuri Shekar / Atlantic Theater / NYC 2017

Goddess / by Michael Thurber & Jocelyn Bioh / Theater Latte Da / Minneapolis 2017

The Unbearable Whiteness of Being / by Jeremy Kamps / The Public Theater / NYC 2017

Fulfillment / by Jeremy Tiang / Page 73 / NYC 2017

Fireflies / by Donja Love / Rising Circle Collective / NYC 2017

Antares Returning / by Ryan King / F*IT Club / NYC 2017

In The Middle / by Donja Love / The Lark / NYC 2017

Sugar in Our Wounds / by Donja Love / Playwrights Realm / NYC 2017

The Dangerous House of Pretty Mbane / by Jen Silverman / MTC / NYC 2017

The Booty Call / by Thurber &  Ali / Roundabout Underground / NYC 2017

Pornplay / by Eric Micha Holmes / MCC / NYC 2016

The Dangerous House of Pretty Mbane / by Silverman /  Tom Kirdahy Productions / NYC 2016

Nollywood Dreams / by Bioh / NY Stage & Film / Poughkeepsie 2016

Kill Move Paradise / by Ijames / National Black Theater / NYC 2016

The Children / by Phillip Howze / BRIC / NYC 2015

Hope: The Nelson Mandela Musical / by Greg & Shaun Borowsky / NYU Kimmel Center / NYC 2015

Black Maria on Koinange Street / by Sitawa Namwalie / PEN World Voices Festival / NYC 2015

Facing Our Truths / piece by Dominique Morisseau / Public Theater / NYC 2014

Tsunami / by Jalila Baccar / PEN World Voices Festival / NYC 2014

Nollywood Dreams / by Bioh / National Black Theater / NYC 2014

Goddess / by Ali, Thurber & Mabija / O’Neill Musical Theater Conference / CT 2013 

The Boy Who Danced On Air / NAMT / NYC 2013

Friend of the Devil / Pipeline Theater / NYC 2012

I’s Twinkle / Pipeline Theater / NYC 2011

Casebook / New York Theatre Workshop / 2009

Enjoy / Prelude Festival / The Play Company / NYC 2007

 

ASSISTANT DIRECTING

The Normal Heart / The Golden / George C. Wolfe / Broadway  2011

A Free Man of Color / Lincoln Center Theater / George C. Wolfe / Broadway  2010

Angels in America / Signature Theatre/ Michael Greif / NYC  2010

Giant / Signature Theatre / Jonathan Butterell / Arlington 2009

Angels in America (opera) / Boston Opera Project /Steven Maler /  Boston 2006

The Miser / American Repertory Theater / Dominique Serrand / Boston  2004

The Ballroom / Theatre de la Jeune Lune / Dominique Serrand / Minneapolis  2004

Powder Her Face (opera) / Boston Opera Project / Steven Maler / Boston 2003

Macbeth / CSC Shakespeare / Steven Maler / Boston 2003

Wintertime / Guthrie Theatre / John Miller-Stephany / Minneapolis  2003

The Seagull / Theatre de la Jeune Lune / Dominique Serrand / Minneapolis  2003

Henry V / CSC Shakespeare / Steven Maler/ Boston 2002

 

EDUCATION

MFA in Directing / Columbia University

 

AWARDS

Sir John Gielgud Fellowship / SDCF

Emerging Artist Fellowship / New York Theatre Workshop

Shubert Fellowship / Columbia University

Presidential Scholarship in Theatre / Northeastern Universit

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PRODUCTION GALLERY