Ali Kiani

Playwright
he/him/his

 In 1988, the UCLA Theatre Department awarded Dr. Kiani a postdoctoral program in the study of non-Western Theatre and Drama. Since then, he has taught Theatre and Humanities at UCLA, California State University, and Los Angeles Community Colleges.

Production History

Around the World in Seven Acts (seven one-act plays)
Produced by California International Theatre Festival (9/8 – 9/18, 2011)

A Dull House (full-length drama)
Produced as a feature film by Sha Mer Zaa Entertainment (2003
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Lost in the Bush (one-act play)
Ivar Theatre in Hollywood (2004) Performing Arts Center at CSUN (2004)

Golden Canary (one-act play)
Produced at UCLA Theatre Department (1984)

Inside Out/Upside Down (documentary film) Produced by EFI Production in New York (1982)

Publication

An Anthology of non-Western Drama, Whittier Publication, New York (1993)

Membership

Dramatists Guild and SAG/AFTRA

Highlights

Awards

A Tale of Bondage (screenplay)
Awarded the Best Thriller Screenplay at Cannes Film Award, 2023

Fire Under the Ashes (screenplay)
Awarded the Best Screenplay in Drama at Berlin International Scriptwriting

Sleepers, Awake (stage play) won the Best Stage Play at the 2024 Chicago Script Awards.

Common Ground (three one-act plays)
Harry Kurnitz Creative Writing Awards sponsored by UCLA.