Taibi Magar (Directing) is an Egyptian-American director based in New York, and a graduate of the Brown/Trinity MFA program. Most recently she directed a new musical We Live in Cairo (A.R.T.). Other NY credits: Blue Ridge starring Marin Ireland and The Great Leap starring BD Wong (Atlantic Theatre Company); Is God Is (Soho Rep, 2018 Obie Award;) Master (The Foundry, NYT Critics Pick); Underground Railroad Game (Ars Nova, NYT Critics Pick). Regional: A.R.T., Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Alley Theatre, The Guthrie Theater, and Seattle Repertory Theatre, among others. International: Hamburg Festival, Edinburgh Festival, Malthouse Theatre (Melbourne), and Soho Theatre (London). Other: She is the recipient of a Stephen Sondheim Fellowship, Oregon Shakespeare Festival Fellowship, Public Theater Shakespeare Fellowship, and TFANA Actors and Director Project Fellowship. Taibi is an alumni of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab and a NYTW Usual Suspect. Upcoming:; The Christians (Chautauqua Theater Company); Spring Awakening, (TUTS), Twilight: Los Angeles 1992 (Signature Theatre).
Taibi Magar, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
Taibi MagarIs God Is
Taibi Magar has been nominated for the Outstanding Director of a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992" and the Directing Award at the Obie Awards for "Is God Is."
Taibi Magar has won the Directing Award at the Obie Awards for "Is God Is."
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