Bina Sharif

Bina Sharif is an award winning prolific Pakistani American playwright, actress, director, performer and a visual artist.^[1] She has written and directed over 25 plays produced in USA, Pakistan and Europe.^[2] Sharif’s work has been published in prestigious journals both in the USA and abroad and her work is taught in the world’s most prestigious universities.

Her most recent work, the full-length play, "My Ancestor’s House" by Ruttledge Press and taught in many Universities. The follow up of, "My Ancestor’s House," a play called, "Another Journey Home/Eight Dialogues in a Mirror Cracked" was produced in 2010 in NYC and Pakistan. Her most notable work, the highly acclaimed, "Afghan Woman," opened in NYC in 2002 and was performed in UK, Pakistan, Hawaii, Belgium, and throughout the world. Today it is an integral part of the curriculum of American contemporary literature at many universities such as Princeton, Wellesley College, University of Pennsylvania, Ohio State University, Denver, Colorado, Champagne, Illinois, Toronto, Temple University, Montclair University, Sacramento, California and Prestigious Islamabad Club Pakistan.

She is a Joseph Jefferson award nominee actress from Chicago’s Goodman Theater. Sharif is 10 times award winner by Jerome Foundation, two time New York State Council of the Arts, Franklin Furnace award and the best performer award at a gay and lesbian theater festival. As an actress, Sharif has worked with Vanessa Redgrave, Fernando Arrabal, Brian F’o Burn, Lee Breuer, Robert Patrick, Charles Busch, Crystal Field, Irene Fornes, Sarah Schulman, Kevin Martin, Jane Adams and Todd Solandz.^[2]

Sharif is one of the very first Pakistani American Muslim woman playwright/actor/director in New York City. Sharif also holds an MD degree from Pakistan and a Masters Degree in Public health from Johns Hopkins University.

References

External links

• South Asian Playwrights
• Bina Sharif, The Lower East Side Project
• http://2011.caata.net/author/binasharif/
• bhag.net