Makram Ayache
is a queer Arab playwright, actor, director, and educator.
Makram Ayache is a community-engaged theatre artist and educator who splits his time between Edmonton and Toronto. His playwriting explores meaningful representations of queer Arab voices. He often endeavors to bridge complex and interlocking political struggles to the very intimate and real experiences of the people impacted by them.
Ayache has been nominated for four Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards for his plays “Harun” (2018)and “The Green Line” (2019). Most recently, “Harun” won the Playwrights’ Guild of Canada’s annual Tom Hendry Award in the RBC Emerging Playwright Category. In 2020, Ayache completed Factory Theatre’s Mechanicals Actors’ Enhancement Training in Toronto and co-created and performed in Azimuth Theatre’s “All That Binds Us” in Edmonton.
Currently, his play "The Hooves Belonged to the Deer," is commissioned by the Alberta Queer Calendar Project which will be workshopped and recorded for online public viewing, directed by Peter Hinton, in January 2021. Also in 2021, Makram will spend his time at the Citadel Theatre developing his skills as a director and he is a participant of Generator’s Artist Producer Training program.
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