Founding Board Chair for the Arab Region’s Leading Ensemble Theatre Company

Serving as a member on the inaugural Board of Trustees along with an international cohort of colleagues to support Zoukak Theatre, the Arab region’s leading ensemble theatre company based in Beirut, Lebanon.

Zoukak was created in 2006 as a horizontal theatre structure dedicated to artistic practice as necessary social and political involvement. Through each performance, Zoukak tackles topics that question the status-quo of the context it operates in and beyond. Zoukak has worked and performed regionally and internationally in festivals and venues and continues to present its work locally, in an effort to decentralize culture and reach audiences across Lebanon. Zoukak strives to diversify its theatre tools and apply them in various contexts: through social engagement, therapy and  education. It also aims to develop an environment of dialogue and reflection around the performing arts in Lebanon and to provide artistic development and training for local artists. 

Zoukak has received several awards, including, among others, the Ibsen Scholarship Award (2012), the Praemium Imperiale Grant for Young Artists from the Japan Arts Association (2017), and the Chirac Foundation Award of Culture for Peace (2017).