Layalina by Martin Yousif Zebari
Goodman, New Stages Festival
In 2003, newly wed Layal imagines a future with her family as they make plans to immigrate to the U.S. from Baghdad. 17 years later, just outside of Chicago, Layal’s life and responsibilities look unimaginably different from what she had envisioned two decades before. Martin Yousif Zebari’s surprising new play examines how families maintain their love in the midst of turbulent global and social change.
Layalina was originally developed as part of the Goodman's Future Labs program—a series of workshops and presentations written and led by artists of color. Learn more at https://www.goodmantheatre.org/layalina
Goodman Theatre, New Stages Festival, Chicago, December 2021
Written by Martin Yousif Zebari
Directed by Sivan Battat
featuring Salar Ardebili, Arash Fahkrabadi, Gloria Imseih Petrelli, Louis Sallan & Shadee Vossoughi
Set Design by Courtney O’Neill
Costume Design by Uriel Gómez
Sound Design by Ronnie Malley & Eric Backus
Lighting Design by Heather Gilbert
Dramaturgy by Yasmin Zacaria Mikhail
Script Assistant Layla Bahmanziari
Language & Dialects by Louis Sallan
Intimacy & Fight Choreography by Gaby Lobotka
Casting by Rachael Jimenez
PSM Jaci Entwisle & PA Laura Pierson
photos by Rich Hein