Outside People, which had its off-Broadway world premiere last year at the Vineyard Theatre, in a co-production with Naked Angels, was just published by Samuel French and is available at local bookstores and on Amazon. A dark, comic look at China/U.S. relations - economic, political, and sexual. In modern-day Beijing, a young American guy falls for a Chinese girl and then struggles to understand where she's coming from. A play about loneliness, culture-shock, language, and trying to make connections across borders. “An engaging and smart comedy of manners... Achingly true.” - Charles Isherwood, The New York Times “A funny, tightly written dramedy. Speaks clearly about the matters that unite us as well as those that keep us apart.” - Roma Torre, NY1 “An engaging new comedy of cultural misunderstanding… Dohrn deftly establishes the ways that tone – the elusive key for westerners struggling to master Mandarin – can take precedence over meaning… An affecting study of how love is, at heart, the struggle to establish a common language.” - Brendan Lemon, Financial Times “Dohrn throws bold elbows, parcels out his characters' epiphanies sparingly, and touches down on a satisfyingly grim note.” - Scott Brown, New York Magazine

Cannes: Peter Webber to Direct 'Happy Camp' 12:11 PM PDT 5/17/2013 by Stuart Kemp Based on a debut screenplay by playwright Zayd Dohrn, the film is being mounted by Bedlam Productions, Oscar winner Gareth Unwin's company. Peter Webber (Girl With a Pearl Earring) is attached to direct. The movie follows a drug-addled former deputy sheriff searching for his missing daughter amongst the complex politics of a rural Californian logging community. Taking place just off-reservation, the story exists where several worlds collide, with drug dealers, Native Americans, and corrupt officials all coming to blows. The project is the debut screenplay from playwright Zayd Dohrn and will be produced by U.K. producer Stella Nwimo, marking her first project after joining the Bedlam team. "Stella's arrival at Bedlam has brought in a succession of great properties. We are very proud to see Stella get her first film away under the Bedlam banner," said Unwin, CEO at Bedlam. The noir thriller is set to shoot in North America at the end of 2013.

Jackalope's Season 5 smash hit Long Way Go Down returns for a limited 5-performance engagement: July 31st - Aug. 4th, 2013 In association with the Chicago Parks District, Jackalope is remounting the Jeff-Nominated play at the beautiful Theater on the Lake, located at Fullerton Ave & Lake Shore Dr. Tickets on sale Now! Click HERE for more information.

In MUCKRAKERS a young female activist brings an older man—a famous political hacker/journalist—home to her Brooklyn apartment to spend the night. But as they start to expose each other’s secrets, personal and political desires collide, testing the limits of privacy in the modern world. The Barrington Stage production is directed by Giovanna Sardelli, and stars Kate Rogal and Kahan James. See more at: http://barringtonstageco.org

Long Way Go Down' Challenges Cast And Audience On Illegal Immigration By Sean J. Miller | Posted May 15, 2013, 3:01 p.m. The Harold Clurman Laboratory Theater Company in Los Angeles is set to raise the curtain on a production that will challenge audiences’ views on immigration and its small cast’s ability to bring life to characters some may perceive as stereotypes. “Long Way Go Down,” which will have its West Coast premiere May 17, centers on Nini and Violetta, two young illegal immigrants trying to make a dangerous, smuggled crossing into the United States. The play was written by Zayd Dohrn, the son of Bernardine Rae Dohrn and Bill Ayers, both former members of the left-wing radical group the Weather Underground Organization. The Weathermen, as they were known, conducted a bombing campaign against public buildings during the Vietnam War. Dohrn said his writing was influenced by the politics of his family. “I’m not sure I would say that it exactly follows in the footsteps of what my parents were doing, but it’s obviously related,” he told Backstage. “For me, all my work is political in some way. It has to do with social power structures and dynamics.” Border security [...]