MAKRAM AYACHE

BIOGRAPHY

Makram Ayache is a community-engaged playwright, performer, anti-oppression educator and advocate who splits his time between Edmonton and Toronto. His playwriting explores meaningful representation of queer Arab voices and his relationship to Lebanon. His plays have been workshopped at the Banff Centre through the Playwrights' Lab, have been independently produced in Alberta and Ontario, and have been nominated for several awards including four Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards in 2018 and 2019. Most recently, he is developing his latest play, "The Hooves Belonged to the Deer," through a commission by the Alberta Queer Calendar Project. Find him at www.makramayache.com.

PLAY DEVELOPMENT

The Hooves Belonged to the Deer

follows Aadam and Hawa, the first Muslims in creation…or are they the first Christians?… as they are expecting. But when Steve, a beautiful, blonde haired, blue eyed traveler from the Northern Kingdoms arrives to the Garden of A'den, Aadam changes. In another world (or maybe not) when Izzy’s family immigrate to small town Alberta, the young queer Muslim boy forges a relationship with a Christian Pastor, Isaac, who endeavors to save his soul from eternal damnation."