Ramiz Monsef

Ramiz  Monsef

Playwright, The Unfortunates

In five seasons at OSF: Acting: Paris, Patroclus and Ensemble in Troilus and Cressida; Nym, Jamy, French Soldier and Ensemble in Henry V; Black Swan Lab; Pompey in Measure for Measure; Longaville in Love’s Labor’s Lost; Fortinbras, Player/King and Ensemble in Hamlet; Arragon’s Attendant and Ensemble in The Merchant of Venice; Romeo and Juliet; Richard II; Wild Oats; Titus Andronicus; As You Like It

Other theatres: New York: Eurydice (Second Stage Theatre), All That I Will Ever Be (New York Theatre Workshop), The Leopard and the Fox (Barrow Group), Betrayed (The Culture Project). Regional: The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (Actors Theatre of Louisville); Mary Zimmerman’s Arabian Nights, Eurydice (Berkeley Repertory Theatre); One Short Sleepe (The Humana Festival of New American Plays); the Steppenwolf production of The Time of Your Life (Seattle Repertory Theatre, A Contemporary Theatre); Guantanamo (The Studio Theatre); Eurydice (Yale Repertory Theatre). Film/TV: Law & Order, The Watchlist (Comedy Central).

Other credits: Hip-hop consultant, The Pirates of Penzance. Ramiz is involved in the underground hip-hop community and performs with his group 3 Blind Mice.