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Bilal Baig

BILAL BAIG

  
Nationality:    Canadian
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Bilal Baig (they/them) is a queer, trans-feminine, Muslim playwright and workshop facilitator. Bilal's first play, Acha Bacha, was co-produced by Theatre Passe Muraille and Buddies in Bad Times Theatre and has been published by Playwrights Canada Press. Other written work in development includes Kainchee Lagaa, Kitne Saare Laloo Yahan Pey Hain, and I want that free mind! Bilal is a core team member at non-profits such as Story Planet and Rivers of Hope, where they develop and facilitate workshops for youth focused on creative writing and literacy (Story Planet) and anti-Islamophobia (Rivers of Hope).

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below is a list of Bilal Baig's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Acha Bacha         Blue Eyes Killed Him Without Blinking         Eraser         Kainchee Lagaa         Kitne Saare Laloo Yahaan Pey Hain
Acha Bacha

Acha Bacha
For years Zaya has balanced his Muslim faith and being gay. He has kept his manipulative mother and his lover apart. But when his mother is taken into hospital and his boyfriend is going on a pilgrimage on the same day things start to implode

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1st Produced:
Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto     Aug 2020

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Playwrights Canada Press 2020   

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Genre:
Gay drama full length, 80 min

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Blue Eyes Killed Him Without Blinking

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Eraser

Synopsis:
Things that are on teenagers' minds - body image, queer sexuality, transgender, immigration

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Written by Bilal Baig and Sadie Epstein-Fine

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Genre:
Gay Lesbian & Transgender drama

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Kainchee Lagaa

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1st Produced:
Next Stage Theatre Festival, Torronto     Nov 2019

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Genre:
Monologue play

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Kitne Saare Laloo Yahaan Pey Hain

Synopsis:
A young transsexual woman leaves Bangladesh for Toronto

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1st Produced:
Factory Studio, Toronto     11 Jan 2020

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Genre:
Transexual full length

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