Writer in Residence, 2021 Achiro Patricia Olwoch, hailing from Gulu in Northern Uganda, is an award-winning writer, director, and producer currently living in exile in New York. A former Weiss International Fellow and Scholar at Risk at Barnard College (2023/2024), Achiro has received numerous accolades for her groundbreaking works, including the TV series Coffee Shop […]
Yasmeen is a Lebanese director, writer, and actress based in Brooklyn (technically Queens). Her journey began in Lebanon, continued with a master’s in screenwriting and directing in Paris, and took her to New York for an intensive program at Stone Street Studios. After working in all three countries, she took a break to transition and
Musician in Residence, 2022-2023 Lama El Homaïssi (she/her) is an immigrant performer and writer from Lebanon currently based in Brooklyn, New York. Born to a family of artists in Beirut, Lama grew up behind-the-scenes witnessing the inspiring works of her father, Faek Homaïssi, including his original musicals and mime plays that he would write, produce,
