Zizi Majid

Zizi Majid is a playwright whose plays advocate for a shared humanity. The recipient of the 2025 NYSCA/ NYFA Artist Fellowship, her work has been developed at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, Syracuse Stage, WP Theatre and the Dramatists Guild Foundation. She won the Pacific Rim Prize for Playwriting (Kumu Kahua Theatre/University of Hawaii Manoa); and has been a finalist for the Princeton Arts Fellowship, a finalist for the Blue Ink Playwriting Award; a thrice semi-finalist for the O’Neil National Playwrights Conference and a finalist for the Columbia@ Roundabout New Play Reading Series. Plays include On the Vessel (formerly Milk), They Came in the Night, Return to Fall, The Rejects, and How to Gild an Eagle. Majid was formerly the artistic director of Teater Ekamatra (Singapore) garnering multiple awards during her tenure. She is also a theatre educator specializing in playwriting and work by women playwrights of color.

Appointed to the Faculty

Educational Background

M.F.A., Columbia University
B.A., National University of Singapore