 International Festival
THEATRE METHODS 05
Between Tradition and Contemporaneity
Yasmine Beverly Rana (USA)
Lecture and demonstration of methods
applied in interacting with populations affected by war
 "My goal is that my plays take people outside of their familiarity and into the worlds of people such as survivors of war, survivors of domestic abuse, survivors of rape, the displaced, the nameless, those we see on the news, give a sympathetic sigh to, and then turn the channel to something happier. My mission is that we learn to value the human being, and realize that each nameless face experiencing a conflict, whether that conflict be internal or external, has a story to tell and should have an audience ready to listen to it".
Yasmine Beverly Rana is a Drama Therapist, a Playwright, an Educator and Curriculum Developer with International Relief Experiences, a Teacher of English as a second language, English Literature, Writing, Speech and Communication.
Yasmine's presentation during THEATRE METHODS 05 will include a three minute monologue from "Returning", her play inspired by her experience as a drama therapist in Sarajevo. "Returning" focuses on a couple attempting to return to their relationship after the war. Following the monologue would be a lecture/demonstration of methods applied in interacting with populations affected by war.
SHORT BIO
Yasmine's plays have been produced in England, Greece, New York, New Jersey, and Los Angeles. Excerpts from her plays have been published in "The Best Women's Stage Monologues", "The Best Stage Scenes", "The Alabama Literary Review" and "U.S. 1 Worksheets".
Yasmine is a Registered Drama Therapist and has worked with refugees in Bosnia, The Republic of Georgia, and Switzerland where she implemented an arts and education program for Bosnian youth.
Degrees/Licenses: RDT (Registered Drama Therapist),
MAT (Master of Art in Teaching), MFA (Master of Fine Arts).
Tisch School of the Arts, Dramatic Writing Program,
New York University.
PLAY PRODUCTION HISTORY 1994-Present
Fellowships: Walter E. Dakin Fellowship in Playwriting Sewanee Writers’ Conference, 2004. Paulette Goddard Fellowship, Tisch School of the Arts, Dramatic Writing Program, New York University, 1991-1993.
Memberships: The Dramatists Guild, PEN, Writers Guild of America, East.
Published: Alabama Literary Review (Decent). Best Stage Scenes of 1999 (Blood Sky). Best Women’s Monologues of 1999 (Blood Sky).
U.S. 1 Worksheets (Rania’s Monologue from Returning, Risk, Sniper Avenue).
Blood Sky (Full Length Play)
Writer-Director Forum, Looking Glass Theatre, New York, May 1999. Play Reading Festival, John Harms Center for the Performing Arts and Playwrights Theater of New Jersey, Englewood, New Jersey, June 1999. Women Playwrights International Conference, International Women Playwrights, Athens, Greece October 2000. Writer-Director Forum, Looking Glass Theatre, New York, March 2002. Estrogenius Fundraising Day Festival, New York, June 2002, Directed by Justine Lambert (LGT Founder and Artistic Director). Mainstage Production, Looking Glass Theatre, New York, October 2003-November 2003, Directed by Justine Lambert. New Play Festival, Playwrights Theater of New Jersey, Madison, New Jersey, November 2003, Directed by John Pietrowski (PTNJ Artistic Director). Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Altered States Series, Birmingham, England, May 2004, Directed by Caroline Jester (BRT Literary Officer for New Plays). Workshopped in University Drama Programs: Michigan State University, Montclair State University, University of Hartford.
Decent (One-Act Play)
Discovery Project, Pulse Ensemble Theatre, New York, April 1997. Third Annual One Act Play Festival of New Jersey Playwrights, 12 Miles West Theatre Company, Montclair, New Jersey, October 1997.
Looking Glass Theatre Forum of New Plays, New York, October -November 1997. Turnip Theatre Festival, 15 Minute Play Festival, New York, February 1998.
Doves in the Trees (One-Act Play) 8x10 Life Scenes, Pulse Ensemble Theatre, New York, September 1994.
“M” (One-Act Play)
Turnip Theatre Festival. 15 Minute Play Festival, Finalist, New York, February 1999. Directed by Justine Lambert. Off-Off Broadway Original Short Play Festival, Harold Clurman Theatre, New York, April 1999. Directed by Justine Lambert. Roadside Attractions, 12 Miles West Theatre Company, Montclair, New Jersey, April 1999 -May 1999. Open Pulse Arts Lab, Pulse Ensemble Theatre, New York, July 1999. Drama West Productions, Los Angeles, California, September 1999. Jewel Box Theatre, Los Angeles, California, March 2002-April 2002. Directed by Ken Cosby.
Night of the Koala (One-Act Play)
Open Pulse Arts Lab, Pulse Ensemble Theatre, New York, April 2002. Directed by Justine Lambert. New Play Festival Readings, 12 Miles West Theatre Company, Montclair, New Jersey, May 2002. Estrogenius Fundraising Day Festival, New York, June 2002. Directed by Justine Lambert.
Returning (Full-Length Play)
Play Reading Festival, John Harms Center for the Performing Arts and Playwrights Theater of New Jersey, Englewood, New Jersey, June 2001, January 2005. Directed by John Pietrowski. American Living Room Festival (One-Act Excerpt), HERE, New York July 2001.
Jewel Box Theatre (One-Act Excerpt), Los Angeles, California, March-April 2002. Directed by Ken Cosby. Second Stage Theatre (Staged Reading), Destination America: Stories of Immigrant Experiences, New York, August 2003. Circle East Theater (Staged Reading), Staged Reading, New York, 2004.
Risk (One-Act Play)
Open Pulse Arts Lab, Pulse Ensemble Theatre, New York, June 2000. Jewel Box Theatre, Los Angeles, California, March 2002-April 2002. Directed by Ken Cosby.
Sniper Avenue (One-Act Play)
Play Reading Festival, John Harms Center for the Performing Arts and Playwrights Theater of New Jersey, Englewood, New Jersey. Directed by John Pietrowski.
The War Zone is My Bed (One-Act Play)
Writer-Director Forum, Looking Glass Theatre, New York, June 2004. The Looking Glass Theatre Festival, The Makor 92nd Street Y, New York, July 2004.
Four One Act Plays By Yasmine Rana
Writer-Director Forum, Looking Glass Theatre - Decent, “M”, Risk Returning: Individual Pieces from the Full Play, New York, February 2002-March 2002.
Dramatherapist:
Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina; Tbilisi, The Republic of Georgia.
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