Antigone X

Directed by Anita Dashiell-Sparks. Mehrnaz Mohammadi as Antigone. Ryan Alexander Holmes as Zeno.

The Night Flight of Minerva's Owl

Music by Guang Yang. Libretto by Paula Cizmar. Chantelle Davis as Lady Owl; Asmik Arutyunyants as Mina. Music That Matters/Fight for the Right wrkshp at Pittsburgh Festival Opera.

Seven

Seven - a documentary play written by Paula Cizmar, Catherine Filloux, Gail Kriegel, Carol K. Mack, Ruth Margraff, Anna Deavere Smith, and Susan Yankowitz.

The Hotel Play - site specific

Directed by Jon Lawrence Rivera; commissioned by Playwrights Arena and Center Theatre Group. Written by Paula Cizmar, Velina Hasu Houston, Jennifer Maisel, Nahal Navidar, julie taiwo oni, Janine Salinas, and Laurie Woolery.

THE VIG. By Paula Cizmar. Directed by Bernadette Speakes. Antaeus Theatre. Zip Code Plays Season 2.

welcome...

...to the website of Paula Cizmar, an award-winning playwright whose work often combines poetry and politics to get at the heart of a matter. Her plays have been produced all over the world. Here you'll find information about upcoming performances, past productions, and new plays, plus news and reviews, photos, and thoughts, always changing, always growing.
JANUARY in January
 

JANUARY in January

At long last, after delays caused by the pandemic, JANUARY will finally see the light of day. Produced by MultiStages in New York, directed by Lorca Peress, the production includes an artistic team made up of a projection artist; a choreographer; scenic, costume, sound, and lighting designers; music; social media...
Starting from Scratch: Conference of Fire
 

Starting from Scratch: Conference of Fire

After Sacrifice Zone: Los Angeles, what do you do next? You turn to another environmental issue. This time co-creators Michael Bodie and Paula Cizmar decided to take on wildfires–the increasing intensity and quantity of fires in the American West due to extreme weather caused by climate change, and the effects...
Sacrifice Zone: Los Angeles
 

Sacrifice Zone: Los Angeles

What an amazing experience! Sacrifice Zone: Los Angeles is an example of combining new and traditional ways of telling stories–a hybrid of video, interactive media, and live performance. Co-created and co-produced by Michael Bodie and Paula Cizmar, the event is the product of four years to research, devising, prototyping, involving...

ideas and issues

and thoughts about life, justice, culture, and the way we can all try to make a better world. that's the goal. keep on keeping on.