
Saheem Ali
Theater Director
REPRESENTATION
Rachel Viola
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ARTICLES
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PRODUCTIONS
Fat Ham / by James Ijames / Broadway / NYC 2022
Goddess / by Michael Thurber & Jocelyn Bioh / Berkeley Rep / CA 2022
Fat Ham / by James Ijames / Public Theater / NYC 2021
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

Designed by Beowulf Boritt, Dede Ayite, Jiyoun Chang & Palmer Hefferan Photo by Joan Marcus Public Theater, 2021

Designed by Beowulf Boritt, Dede Ayite, Jiyoun Chang & Palmer Hefferan Photo by Joan Marcus Public Theater, 2021

Designed by Beowulf Boritt, Dede Ayite, Jiyoun Chang & Palmer Hefferan Photo by Joan Marcus Public Theater, 2021

by Anna Deavere Smith Designed by Arnulfo Maldonado, Dede Ayite, Mikaal Sulaiman, Hannah Wasileski & Alan C Edwards Photo by Joan Marcus Signature Theater, 2019

by Anna Deavere Smith Designed by Arnulfo Maldonado, Dede Ayite, Mikaal Sulaiman, Hannah Wasileski & Alan C Edwards Photo by Joan Marcus Signature Theater, 2019

by Anna Deavere Smith Designed by Arnulfo Maldonado, Dede Ayite, Mikaal Sulaiman, Hannah Wasileski & Alan C Edwards Photo by Joan Marcus Signature Theater, 2019

by Chris Urch Designed by Arnulfo Maldonado, Dede Ayite, Japhy Weideman & Justin Ellington Lincoln Center Theater, 2019

by Chris Urch Designed by Arnulfo Maldonado, Dede Ayite, Japhy Weideman & Justin Ellington Lincoln Center Theater, 2019

by Chris Urch Designed by Arnulfo Maldonado, Dede Ayite, Japhy Weideman & Justin Ellington Lincoln Center Theater, 2019