Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Affiliations
Certification
Proclamation from Texas House of Representative
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Tazeen Zahida

Substitute Teacher
Houston,TX
Tazeen Zahida

Summary

My name is Tazeen Zahida. I am an early career playwright with a publicly engaged artistic practice over seven years. I've a desire to do meaningful work that goes beyond the demands of entertainment. I have created a hybrid expression that uses English as the primary language but it has hints of classical to contemporary English and Urdu poetry.

Overview

29
years of professional experience
1994
years of post-secondary education
1
Certification
3
Languages

Work History

Interview Series of Extraordinary Women of South Asia: "Pass-e-Aaina"
03.2021 - Current

Job overview

  • Marking Women's History Month is an interview series that brings to the spotlight South Asian women who have inspired a number of generations
  • Trying to discover the person behind the persona
  • Episode 1 - Interview with critically acclaimed English Novelist, Bapsi Sidhwa
  • Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pbqkWIrO_o

University of Houston

Stage Play "Blood Test"
04.2019 - Current

Job overview

  • A serious drama based on the lawlessness of urban life, with sub-themes of environmental pollution and cancer
  • Video Clip: https://youtu.be/Sm3zG1ZP5sY

Urdu Teacher
01.2006 - Current

English Essay Writing Teacher
01.1996 - Current

Job overview

  • English Teacher for Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 (Literature and Poetry) Iman Academy

Midtown Arts and Theatre Center (MATCH)

Stage Play "Forget Me Not"
09.2023 - 01.2025

Job overview

  • Adeeba's world turns upside down when she is diagnosed with advanced-stage Alzheimer's disease
  • The entire family comes together to help this independent self-made woman, a beloved mother, and a grandmother deal with the most anticlimactic phase of her so far, meticulously ironed-out life
  • Video Clip: https://youtu.be/eQvurVosvW4

Cullen Theater in Wortham Center

Houston Artist Commissioning Project
02.2023 - 01.2025

Job overview

  • A musical pantomime with narration telling South Asia's most beloved folktale, the tragic love story of Sohni and Mahiwaal
  • This production tells the story from a new perspective, that of the crucial clay pot "Gharya," who claims its rightful role in this epic tale of forbidden love
  • Incorporating humor, drama, music, this play tells a complex cultural tale that is sure to thrill audiences of all ages
  • Video Clip: Included in showreel

Assistant Director
01.2023 - 01.2025

Job overview

  • Zoom Shakespeare Production Company

Midtown Arts and Theatre Center (MATCH)

Stage Play "BerBardians"
08.2022 - 01.2025

Job overview

  • Berbardians is a twisted take on Shakespeare's tragedies, retold, reshaped, and rethought
  • A liberal adaptation of three Shakespearean tragedies; Hamlet, Macbeth, and Othello, the story follows their challenges as immigrants in Houston
  • This Dramatic Comedy is lined with sub themes of racism among minorities and their lack of civic engagement
  • Video Clip: https://youtu.be/L2k7KT55bfg

The Junior League Houston Briar

Short Stage & Radio Play "The Lumpy Truth"
05.2022 - 01.2025

Job overview

  • A series of dialogues that can be enjoyed individually and as a whole, This was created as an on-demand piece for The Rose Foundation's Hats and Henna High Tea Fundraiser 2021
  • It was later performed on Masala Radio for Malay Vyas's "All Things Desi" show
  • Audio Clip: https://jmp.sh/s/3hJ2WfuATKjmU298OeLX

Midtown Arts and Theatre Center (MATCH)

Stage Play "Relax Mrs. Khan"
02.2022 - 01.2025

Job overview

  • Tee Zee Productions' first post pandemic play follows the story of Mrs
  • Khan
  • Who is she and why is she not herself
  • What has she lost to the Pandemic
  • Sanam Khan, a celebrated theatre actress, is unable to sleep at night
  • Her insomnia is affecting the job she dearly loves
  • The story uncovers a side of Mrs
  • Khan that she herself was not willing to accept

ZOOM Dramedy Series "Al-Jhagral"
08.2020 - 01.2025

Job overview

  • First-of-its-kind, eight-episode series entirely rehearsed and presented on Zoom
  • The comedy is based on the challenges they faced in their efforts to create a drama during the lockdown
  • Episode 7: https://youtu.be/2R9ZQ0ggvCw

Stafford Civic Center

Stage Play "Mohabbat Fat-e-hey Aalam"
12.2019 - 01.2025

Job overview

  • A drama about the life challenges of a theater company's cast and crew
  • There are sub-themes of domestic violence and unfulfilled love

Stafford Civic Center

Stage Play "A Re-arranged Marriage"
12.2018 - 01.2025

Job overview

  • A comedy, challenging the stereotypical social views surrounding arranged marriages
  • Video Clip: https://youtu.be/AVvZgFGXrM

Education

University of Punjab

Journalism and English Literature

University of Houston

SURE Business Program

Skills

Post-production supervision

Accomplishments

Commissions

Affiliations

affiliations

Certification

Playwriting from Oxford University

Proclamation from Texas House of Representative

Proclamation from Texas House of Representative

Timeline

Stage Play "Forget Me Not"

Midtown Arts and Theatre Center (MATCH)
09.2023 - 01.2025

Houston Artist Commissioning Project

Cullen Theater in Wortham Center
02.2023 - 01.2025

Assistant Director

01.2023 - 01.2025

Stage Play "BerBardians"

Midtown Arts and Theatre Center (MATCH)
08.2022 - 01.2025

Short Stage & Radio Play "The Lumpy Truth"

The Junior League Houston Briar
05.2022 - 01.2025

Stage Play "Relax Mrs. Khan"

Midtown Arts and Theatre Center (MATCH)
02.2022 - 01.2025

Interview Series of Extraordinary Women of South Asia: "Pass-e-Aaina"

03.2021 - Current

ZOOM Dramedy Series "Al-Jhagral"

08.2020 - 01.2025

Stage Play "Mohabbat Fat-e-hey Aalam"

Stafford Civic Center
12.2019 - 01.2025

Stage Play "Blood Test"

University of Houston
04.2019 - Current

Stage Play "A Re-arranged Marriage"

Stafford Civic Center
12.2018 - 01.2025

Urdu Teacher

01.2006 - Current

Playwriting from Oxford University

03-2005

English Essay Writing Teacher

01.1996 - Current

University of Houston

SURE Business Program
12.2021

University of Punjab

Journalism and English Literature
12.1993
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