Photos: First Look Inside Rehearsals for SELLING KABUL at Seattle Rep
What are the consequences of taking sides during wartime?
By: Chloe Rabinowitz Apr. 22, 2022
Seattle Rep is presenting Sylvia Khoury's (Seattle Rep 20x30 commissioned playwright) Selling Kabul. Directed by Seattle's own Valerie Curtis-Newton (2019's Nina Simone: Four Women), Selling Kabul is a 2021 recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New Play Award and it's set to perform on the Leo K. stage from April 22-May 22, 2022.
Get a first look at rehearsal photos below!
Taroon once served as an interpreter for the U.S. military in Afghanistan. After the Americans have withdrawn, their promises of protection and safety are no longer there. He now spends his days in hiding from growing presence of the Taliban as he anxiously awaits news from the hospital on the eve of his first child's birth. What are the consequences of taking sides during wartime?
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Photo credit: Sayed Alamy
Susaan Jamshidi and Fatima Wardak
Susaan Jamshidi and Fatima Wardak
Valerie Curtis-Newton
Susaan Jamshidi and Fatima Wardak
Susaan Jamshidi and Barzin Akhavan
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