Zizi Majid writes plays that honor and push to the forefront the voices of those who are oppressed, in particular the voices of Muslim women. Zizi recently presented her latest play at the Julie Lutz New Play Festival at Syracuse Stage, a play she first wrote as the inaugural recipient of the Julia Miles Playwriting Residency (WP Theatre). Zizi was a Playwriting Fellow with the Dramatists Guild Foundation, was awarded the Pacific Rim Prize for Playwriting (Kumu Kahua Theatre/University of Hawaii Manoa Playwriting Contest); and is a proud alumni of the WP Lab. Zizi has been finalist for the Princeton Arts Fellowship; a finalist and thrice semi-finalist for the Blue Ink Playwriting Award; a thrice semi-finalist for the O’Neil National Playwrights Conference and a finalist for the Columbia@ Roundabout New Play Reading Series. Plays include On the Vessel (formerly titled Milk), They Came in the Night, Return to Fall, The Rejects, and How to Gild an Eagle. Zizi is the former Artistic Director of Teater Ekamatra (Singapore) and garnered multiple awards during her tenure. She teaches playwriting and drama-in-context at Syracuse University. MFA: Columbia University