Outside People, by Zayd Dohrn, at the Vineyard

Vineyard Theatre and Naked Angels will co-produce the world-premiere of Zayd Dohrn's Outside People, directed by Evan Cabnet at The Vineyard, which will begin performances in December, 2011 and open in January 2012. It is the first co-production for the two award-winning off-Broadway companies.

Set in present-day Beijing, Outside People, tells the story of a young American man, 'Malcolm,' who falls in love with a Chinese woman, 'Xiao Mei.' But as his eyes open to the social, political and economic forces that inform their relationship, he must confront his complex place in a foreign culture, the friendship that brought him there, and his own deepest fears and desires.

Cast and design team for Outside People is to be announced.

Bios:

Zayd Dohrn is a playwright and screenwriter. His plays --including 'Sick,' 'Magic Forest Farm,' and 'Reborning' -- have been produced and developed across the country, including at Manhattan Theatre Club, Berkshire Theatre Festival, MCC, Marin Theatre Company, The Public (SPF), Naked Angels, South Coast Rep, The Vineyard, Southern Rep, Kitchen Dog, The Lark, New York Theatre Workshop, and San Francisco Playhouse. He earned his MFA from NYU and was a Lila Acheson Wallace Fellow at Juilliard. Dohrn is currently writing screenplays for American Film Company and Vox3 Films, and a television series for HBO.

Evan Cabnet recently directed the world premiere of David West Read's 'The Dream of the Burning Boy' at the Roundabout Theatre Company. Other NY credits include: Elizabeth Meriwether's 'Oliver Psrker!,' Bekah Brunstetter's 'Oohrah!' (Atlantic Theatre Company, world premiere), Mark Schultz's 'The Gingerbread House,' Elizabeth Meriwether's 'The Mistakes Madeline Made,' and new plays by Adam Rapp, Schultz, and Meriwether at Cherry Lane Theatre.