Selling Kabul

Written by

Sylvia Khoury

Directed by

Taylor Reynolds

New Jersey Premiere

Taroon once served as an interpreter for the U.S. military in Afghanistan. Now it is 2013, and the Americans — and their promises of safety — have begun to withdraw. Taroon spends his days in hiding, a target of the increasingly powerful Taliban. On the eve of his son’s birth, he must remain in his sister’s apartment, or risk his life to see his child. With shattering precision, Sylvia Khoury’s tense drama traces the human cost and the legacy of our longest war.

Selling Kabul received its New York Premiere at Playwrights Horizons (Adam Greenfield, Artistic Director, Leslie Marcus, Managing Director, Carol Fishman, General Manager) in November 2021, Directed by Tyne Rafaeli. The New York Premiere was produced in association with Williamstown Theatre Festival.

Cast

Atra Asdou as Afiya
Anat Cogan as Leyla
Afsheen Misaghi as Jawid
Zaven Ovian as Taroon

Understudies

René Mayo, Afiya / Leyla Understudy
Raul Ortega III, Taroon / Jawid Understudy

Creative Team

Taylor Reynolds, Director
Ashley Basile, Set Design
Shivanna Sooknanan, Costume Design
Zack Gage, Lighting Design
Frederick Kennedy, Co-Sound Design
Liam Bellman-Sharpe, Co-Sound Design
Liss Faitoute, Props Master
Humaira Ghilzi, Cultural Consultant
Louis Sallan, Dialect Coach
Dale Smallwood, Production Stage Manager
Pat McCorkle, Casting Director