Mala Aria

Hoping to discover a way to eradicate malaria, Amazia leaves her family in Tanzania to pursue a PhD abroad. Experiences with love and loss force her to decide between staying in the West and going back home to honor a promise.

Nazira Cisse, Eugene Nesmith and Shiro Kihagi in a production of MALA ARIA at Premiere Stages directed by Jamil A.C. Mangan, 2026

Photograph by Mike Peters

Awards/Honors

Premiere Stages at Kean University Play Festival (Winner), 2025

Synecdoche Works Frank Moffett Mosier Fellowship (Finalist), 2024

Facility Theatre Staged Summer Festival (Selected), 2021