Kareem Fahmy hailing from Sherbrooke , Quebec , Kareem Fahmy is a graduate of McGill University and of Columbia University , where he received a Master’s degree in theatre directing under the tutelage of Anne Bogart. Kareem has directed nearly twenty productions in the U.S. and Canada . Montreal directing credits include the Canadian premieres of Naomi Iizuka’s Language of Angels and Suzan-Lori Parks’ Venus, Patrick Marber’s Closer, and Constance Congdon’s Tales of the Lost Formicans. In New York: The world premiere of David Freeman’s A First Class Man (45th Street Theatre), Michael Ondaatje’s The Collected Works of Billy the Kid (The Theatre of the Riverside Church), Judith Thompson’s Lion in the Streets (Abingdon Theater), Sam Shepard’s Curse of the Starving Class and Bertolt Brecht’s Drums in the Night (Schapiro Theater), The Way To Begin (Horace Mann Theater), and Anton Chekhov’s On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco (Schapiro Studio). Kareem is the founder and Artistic Director of The Alternate Theatre, a company which has a mission to bring the best of contemporary Canadian drama to New York City audiences. Kareem’s upcoming projects include the New York premiere of James Rasheed’s award-winning comedy Professional Skepticism, opening in June.