Matthew Spangler’s plays have been produced on Broadway, in London’s West End, off-Broadway and at theatres around the world. Titles include: The Kite Runner, from the novel by Khaled Hosseini; The Beekeeper of Aleppo, co-written with Nesrin Alrefaai, from the novel by Christy Lefteri; Cowboys and East Indians, co-written with Nina McConigley; Operation Ajax, co-written with Farshad Farahat; Tortilla Curtain, from the novel by T.C. Boyle; and Albatross, co-written with Benjamin Evett. Spangler is a professor of performance studies at San José State University where he teaches courses on the representation of refugees and asylum-seekers through the performing arts.
