Playwright · Los Angeles

Carissa Atallah

Telling fearless stories on stage.

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Carissa Atallah is a playwright from Southern California whose work has been championed by theatre organizations across the U.S. A proud Latina and Lebanese storyteller, she crafts stories that explore the intersections of identity, power, and belonging.

Her plays are published and available for licensing through Concord Theatricals.

Selected Work

Brown Face

Full-length · drama

Her words. Her fear. Her best friend’s spotlight. When a Chicana DREAMer lets her white best friend perform her poetry, success exposes the fragile line between allyship and appropriation.

A bold, comedy-drama following college students as they navigate their identities in the competitive world of spoken word poetry.

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Winner, The Kennedy Center National Student Playwriting Award

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10-minute play · Drama

Four women from different walks of life are summoned for jury duty on a sexual assault case in New York City.

A sharp one-act play in conversation with Me Too, fearless in its honesty and sense of humor.

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Winner, Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival

Recognition

Supported by leading institutions in American theatre.

The Kennedy Center Samuel French Dramatist Guild of America

Playwrights Foundation Eugene O'Neill Theater Center Tennessee Williams Estate

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