My Plays
The Sex Talk I Never Had
Leila is on a quest to lose her virginity, but her sexual awakening triggers the apparitions of mysterious forces. As her cumming-of-age compels her own mother to confront the choices she’s made for love, the two women are forced to reckon with the past in order to break free. The Sex Talk I Never Had is a dark comedy that explores the political and intergenerational implications of sex for women.
Staged Reading with Avalanche Theatre's Next Draft Development. October, 2025.
Janitor's Baby
Molly McMannon graduated from Princeton University and also climbed Mt. Everest, but today she faces her most epic challenge yet: raising a baby. Not just any baby, an Armenian baby. In Anelga Hajjar's musical seminar, JANITOR'S BABY, one scholar pits her stellar qualifications against her family's criticisms as she struggles to achieve motherhood.
Winner of the 2021 Agnes Nixon Award.
Staged Reading in May 2021 in the Agnes Nixon Festival, and in 2023 with Boho Theatre. An article about the show!
My Evening Routine
Your evening routine might involve flossing and a twelve-step skincare regimen, but Cecilia’s involves a dysfunctional battle of wits with the ghost in her closet. What happens when monsters start using calories, boys, and mortality to scare us instead of shadows and boos? Anelga Hajjar’s new play, MY EVENING ROUTINE, exposes the evolving fears that come with womanhood.
Production in Vertigo's 2021 Ten Minute Play Festival. Check out the recording here!
