Joe Kodeih (born September 3, 1967 in Achrafieh, Beirut) is a writer, actor and director. He was the first writer and director from the Arab world to perform on an Off-Broadway stage at Lamama ETC in 2003 with a play titled The Middle Beast. The play was acclaimed by the audience and rerun at Monnot theater in Beirut in 2008, when the writer received many threats for its content. Joe's plays were performed all over Europe, the Middle East and Africa. One of his plays "Son prénom malgre lui" was published at Lansman editions in Belgium.[1]
Kodeih obtained his B.A. (1995) in Dramatic Arts, M.A. (1998) in Directing and M.A. (2020) in Drama Theory from the Saint Joseph University in Lebanon.
2020: Emm El-Kell, socio-political monologue, written, performed and produced, Beirut
2019: The Middle Beast, socio-political satire, written, directed and produced, Beirut, Tunis
2018: Abou el-Ghadab, monologue, written, performed and produced, Beirut
2017: Btetol, based on Petits Crimes Conjugaux of Schmidt, adapted, directed and produced, Beirut
2016: La Peau d’Elisa, written by Carole Frechette, directed and produced, Beirut
2016: Les Liaisons Dangereuses, written by Choderlos de Laclos, adapted, directed and produced, Beirut
2015: Daddy, monologue, written, performed and produced, Beirut, Paris
2014: Rima, tragicomedy monologue, written, directed and produced, Beirut
2014: Michel wu Samir, political satire, written, directed and produced, Beirut
2013: Le Jocon, monologue, written, performed and produced, Beirut, Paris
2012: Film Cinama, monologue, written, performed and produced, Beirut, Paris
2011: ANA, monologue, written, performed and produced, Beirut, Paris, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Luxembourg
2010: Bala Mazeh, comedy TV show on LBCI, written and produced, Beirut
2010: Ashrafieh, monologue, written, performed and produced, Beirut, Paris, Dubai
2009: Hayet el Jagal Sobeh, monologue, written, performed & produced, Beirut, Dubai, Paris, Luxembourg
2008: The Middle Beast, socio-political satire, written, directed and produced, Beirut
2006: El Bagno, drama, written, directed and produced, Beirut, Tunis
2003: The Middle Beast, socio-political satire, written and directed, first Lebanese work to stage Off- Broadway at Lamama ETC. New York
2002: Mamooshka, surrealist play, written, staged at Labalsamine Theater in Brussels
2001: Aal Yamine, post-war play, written, directed and produced, Beirut, Paris
2000: Son Prénom Malgré Lui, post-war play, written, published by Lansman publishers in Belgium, Staged in Brussels, Geneva, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire
2000: Al-Takht, satire, written, directed and produced, Beirut
1999: Europa, experimental play, written and directed, Bologna, Marseille
1999: Matar Charles De Gaulle, monologue, written and directed, Beirut
1998: Kiss of the Spider Woman, written by Manuel Puig, adapted and directed, Beirut
1997: Scènes d’amour, retrospective on theatre history, written and directed, Beirut, Avignon Festival
1996: Pascal and Descartes, written by Jean Claude Briseville, directed, Beirut
1995: La Soirée des Proverbes, written by George Schéhadé, directed, Beirut