Draw the Circle...
... had a successful World Premiere at InterAct Theatre in Philadelphia! Next stop will be Chicago in December, so stay tuned for updates.
Deen has been featured in articles in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Huffingtn Post and more. To read interviews with Deen, as well as what audience members have had to say about this show, see PRESS.
To find out when & where the next presentation of this show will be, see UPCOMING SHOWS.
DRAW THE CIRCLE
written & performed by Deen
directed by Chay Yew
As Deen struggles to come to terms with being a transgender man, those who love him most find themselves struggling as well in this unique, hilarious and moving solo show, told entirely from the from the point of view of Deen’s family, friends and partner, yet performed by Deen himself. Laid bare is one family's struggle with a child who continuously defies their most basic expectations of what it means to have a daughter... and one woman's commitment to unconditional love.
The following is a YouTube video that Deen created for TransPeopleSpeak.org...
Get To Know The Playwright...
photo by Joseph Moran
A first-generation South Asian American playwright and performer, Deen is a member of the Public Theater’s Emerging Writers Group. His first full-length play, Shut-Up!, won him the Dennis Johnston Playwriting Prize and the James Baldwin Award. He self-produced his next play, Where Children Play: the Story of Tank and Horse, at the Berkshire Fringe Festival to rave audience reviews. His latest play, Draw the Circle, will have it's World Premiere at InterAct Theatre in Philadelphia in April 2012 (after staged readings at the Public Theater, Dixon Place, Berksire Fringe, NYTW at Dartmouth, Passage Theatre, and Queens Theatre in the Park). He received his MFA at the Actors Studio Drama School/New School of Drama. His short plays have appeared at numerous off-off Broadway theaters around NYC. His is currently work on a play about the Sikh massacres in India in 1984.
