By Denmo Ibrahim
World Premiere
Directed by Sara Razavi
Dramaturgy: Jayne Wegner
Produced by Alter Theatre Ensemble
Supported by National Endowment for the Arts
TBA Award | Outstanding Solo Production & SFBATCC Award | Best Original Script
Featuring: Denmo Ibrahim
Production: Joseph Amic-Angelo, Ann Brebner, Wiljago Cook, Logan Ellis, Jeanette Harrison, Norman Kern, Janice Koprowski, Christine Plowright
Flashback to 1980, New York City, in line waiting at The US Office of Immigration. We meet Mohammed, a young father living out his dream in America, struggling to get a US passport for his daughter for an upcoming trip back to Egypt. Freedom and family collide when his search for the American dream leads Layla on a quest home thirty years later.
Gallery photo credit: Sean O’Leary; additional photo credit: David Allen, courtesy of AlterTheater Ensemble