The New York premiere of Heather Raffo鈥檚 drama Noura, directed by Joanna Settle, has found its complete cast at Playwrights Horizons. Set in New York, the play sees an Iraqi immigrant family's Christmas dinner disturbed by the arrival of a visitor who stirs up long-buried memories and decisions from the past.
Joining the previously announced Raffo, who will reprise her performance as Noura from the Women鈥檚 Voices Theater Festival production in D.C., will be Dahlia Azama (Veil'd, I Call My Brothers) as Maryam; Liam Campora (The Blacklist, Blue Bloods) as Yazen/Alex; Matthew David (Glamping, A Streetcar Named Desire, Boeing, Boeing) as Rafa鈥檃; and Nabil Elouahabi (Oslo, A Tale of Two Cities) as Tareq/Tim.
Noura is a co-production with Shakespeare Theatre Company, with performances scheduled to run November 27鈥揇ecember 30 in the Mainstage Theater at Playwrights Horizons.
Raffo (Nine Parts of Desire) was inspired to write 狈辞耻谤补鈥�the title is a nod to Ibsen鈥檚 A Doll鈥檚 House鈥攁fter leading theatre workshops with Middle Eastern women in New York and seeing the feminist lens through which they responded to Ibsen's play and their own stories of leaving home. For Raffo, Noura is the story of a woman鈥檚 restless mind pushing against the confines of her home life and her past.
The creative team includes Andrew Lieberman (scenic design), Tilly Grimes (costume design), Masha Tsimring (lighting design), Obadiah Eaves (sound design), and Laura Smith (production stage manager).
Noura received its world premiere in 2017 at the Women鈥檚 Voices Theater Festival presented in association with Shakespeare Theatre Company.
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