Kareem Fahmy

Kareem Fahmy is a playwright and director from Sherbrooke, Quebec, who resides in New York. His plays have been produced Off-Broadway and at theatres across America. He received the 2022 Woodward/Newman Playwriting Award (for ‘American Fast’), a MacDowell Fellowship, the Janet Sloane Literature Residency at Yaddo, a NYSCA/NYFA Playwriting Fellowship, is a two-time finalist for the National Showcase of New Plays and was named a Rising Leader of Color by TCG. ‘A Distinct Society’ received a co-world premiere at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley and Pioneer Theatre. ‘American Fast’ had a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere at Artists Repertory Theatre, City Theatre, and InterAct Theatre. ‘Dodi & Diana’ received a world premiere at Colt Coeur. Other plays include ‘Fountains of Youth,’ ‘Pareidolia,’ The In-Between, and an adaptation of the acclaimed novel ‘The Yacoubian Building.’ Commissions: Audible, Artists Rep, Colt Coeur, Ensemble Studio Theatre/Sloan Foundation, The Civilians/Princeton.