https://www.kholoudsawaf.com/home daily 1.0 2020-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e01066aac73c3038d7f96ff/1598636209533-D3M1OVITS0S9K6AU63DM/29314288_611654124681_9k61295521446625280_n+%281%29.jpg Home - “Dance first, think later.” Samuel Beckett https://www.kholoudsawaf.com/about daily 0.75 2020-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e01066aac73c3038d7f96ff/1598022655948-JEDZ9QFB74Y0ARDA3T0H/10000balconies_14_custom-4d98550d862a1e2cc1bf2590e5ed44f0463850c1-s1400.jpg About - Biography Kholoud Sawaf was born and raised in Damascus, Syria. She has worked and trained in theatre and television in Syria, Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and the United States. Recent credits include Much Ado About Nothing (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, T.Y.A), Vietgone, and 10,000 Balconies (TheatreSquared). 10,000 Balconies was conceived, written, and directed by Sawaf after having received a $250,000 grant from the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art. A recipient of the Classical Directing Fellowship from the Drama League in New York, she collaborated with Tina Packer at Shakespeare & Company on Cymbeline. At the Manhattan Theatre Club (as a Jonathan Alper Directing Fellow) and at Oregon Shakespeare Festival (as part of the FAIR Program), she was the assistant director of Vietgone, both under the direction of May Adrales. Currently, she is co-devising and co-directing Curbside Theatre in collaboration with ARKANSASTAGED ensemble, while also collaborating with playwright Joe Claroco and actor/educator Mohamad Al Rifaie on a new work Rafiq (Onley Theatre Center). Sawaf holds an MFA in Directing from the University of Arkansas and a B.A in Mass Communication from the American University of Sharjah. https://www.kholoudsawaf.com/contact daily 0.75 2020-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e01066aac73c3038d7f96ff/1598025993971-G2XROUYQJL7AHRZYTDQQ/20374246_10154596724451574_4551434554730688734_n.jpeg Contact https://www.kholoudsawaf.com/work daily 0.75 2020-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e01066aac73c3038d7f96ff/1598113144774-5SFKPCES0DJXIIXRAHVY/VG_3.jpg Directing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e01066aac73c3038d7f96ff/1598023381141-51JGE3BSOZK6SPEN4ZQP/IMG_5328.jpg Directing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e01066aac73c3038d7f96ff/1598023193475-ZIV6P0NXQP599AZBASAJ/1.jpg Directing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e01066aac73c3038d7f96ff/1598024107497-WM17QBTD7PT5QWEXLCFI/IMG_1041.jpg Directing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e01066aac73c3038d7f96ff/1598022981361-1LH9JXFXSQD0U9IVGQUK/10000balconies Directing https://www.kholoudsawaf.com/upcoming daily 0.75 2021-12-16 https://www.kholoudsawaf.com/press daily 0.75 2021-09-10 https://www.kholoudsawaf.com/10000-balconies daily 0.75 2020-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e01066aac73c3038d7f96ff/1603211926682-8ZFO30N5VUSFLN2KDN06/13.jpg 10,000 Balconies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e01066aac73c3038d7f96ff/1598026683582-LM2RGZSXE2VQL0XYC4IP/_Q9I6197.jpg 10,000 Balconies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e01066aac73c3038d7f96ff/1598026747965-75NK5DK6DWKI52L6W9IY/eb589989-9e8a-4ed2-8625-23ded61afd46.jpg 10,000 Balconies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e01066aac73c3038d7f96ff/1598026308474-C84H1Y6YQ1FD7KB9ER1Y/Kholoud_BG.jpeg 10,000 Balconies - 10,000 Balconies TheatreSquared, Arkansas (workshop production) August, 2020. Created & directed by Kholoud Sawaf Original music by Hadi El Debek Scenic Design: Kimberly Powers Lighting Design by Emily Clarkson Projection Design by Megan Reilly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e01066aac73c3038d7f96ff/1598026691429-WELKLCZEIEN75I0SBJOT/270516c4-fece-404a-b12f-85b4dc90500a.jpg 10,000 Balconies https://www.kholoudsawaf.com/sound-design daily 0.75 2020-08-21 https://www.kholoudsawaf.com/hold-fast daily 0.75 2020-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e01066aac73c3038d7f96ff/1602866491469-03W6G6UOFB6RQBCCUQAQ/1.jpeg Hold Fast - Hold Fast ArkansasStaged/Northwest Arkansas 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e01066aac73c3038d7f96ff/1602866825979-FJ704123BPS7K5V2Y4Q0/a+Curbside+Theater++%2845%29.jpeg Hold Fast https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e01066aac73c3038d7f96ff/1602866871208-7I82TG66O9CVILITGGML/IMG_1717.jpeg Hold Fast https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e01066aac73c3038d7f96ff/1602957476913-VCZR3H834KTNIAVXOES7/1-2.jpeg Hold Fast https://www.kholoudsawaf.com/vietgone daily 0.75 2020-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e01066aac73c3038d7f96ff/1602805611098-PK9BDHUHNHJRP5ZW588P/29314288_611654124681_9k61295521446625280_n.jpg Vietgone - Vietgone TheatreSquared, Fayetteville, AR 2018 Written by Qui Nguyen Directed by Kholoud Sawaf Scenic Design by Chika Shimizu Lighting Design by Emily Clarkson Costume Design by Ruby Kemph Sound Design by Michael Prieto Projections Design by Joey Moro https://www.kholoudsawaf.com/much-ado-about-nothing daily 0.75 2020-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e01066aac73c3038d7f96ff/1603212954470-R9AJK5GFP9KUYB9WOAWS/Image+10-20-20+at+11.34+AM.jpg Much Ado About Nothing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e01066aac73c3038d7f96ff/1603214045107-U9MWUJTUW9L8OEHO368Y/group.jpg Much Ado About Nothing - Much Ado About Nothing Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Spring 2020. Scenic Design by Sue Rees Costume Design by Charlotte Palmer-Lane Original Compositions by Scotty Arnold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e01066aac73c3038d7f96ff/1603213171440-5AV6U89UC4KCHXK87GB8/Image+10-20-20+at+11.35+AM-1.jpg Much Ado About Nothing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e01066aac73c3038d7f96ff/1603213089050-I4RZB57TFR267MYSW2ZH/Image+10-20-20+at+11.36+AM.jpg Much Ado About Nothing https://www.kholoudsawaf.com/the-chairs daily 0.75 2020-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e01066aac73c3038d7f96ff/1602868755249-23MHWHSB6TM6OVOFKHA1/IMG_1073.JPG The Chairs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e01066aac73c3038d7f96ff/1602867939985-U5E5V7DRMIIJ00X1JA48/_MG_0957.JPG The Chairs - The Chairs University of Arkansas (Thesis Production) 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e01066aac73c3038d7f96ff/1602868541726-KZ29SORMY9ETO38T6QAN/_MG_1204.JPG The Chairs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e01066aac73c3038d7f96ff/1602868158511-3QA0B96YBVAU24MKHRBQ/_MG_1180.JPG The Chairs