Premieres / Production Credentials

Taroon once served as an interpreter for the U.S. military in Afghanistan. Now that the Americans have withdrawn — along with their promises of protection — Taroon spends his days in hiding, a target of the increasingly powerful Taliban. On the day his son is born, he must choose between staying concealed in his sister’s apartment or risking his life to see his child.

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at Northlight Theatre
9501 Skokie Boulevard, Skokie, IL 60077

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Aila Peck

Afiya

Aila is excited to be making her debut at Northlight Theatre! Chicago theatre credits include The Royal Society of Antarctica (The Gift Theatre); 1984 (Steppenwolf for Young Adults); Brahman/I: A One Hijra Stand Up Comedy Show (About Face/Silk Road Rising) and The Elephant and the Whale (Chicago Children’s Theatre). Boston theatre credits: Brahman/I: A One Hijra Stand Up Comedy Show (CompanyOne) and The Who and the What (Huntington Theatre).  Aila is a proud graduate of The School at Steppenwolf and University of North Carolina School of the Arts. She is represented by Gray Talent Group. Special thanks to her family for their endless love and support.
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Owais Ahmed

Taroon
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Shadee Vossoughi

Leyla

Shadee Vossoughi is thrilled to be making her Northlight Theatre debut. Shadee is a Chicago-based actor, writer, and improviser originally from Portland, OR. Most recently she was seen in Sanaz Toossi’s Wish You Were Here at Yale Repertory Theatre. Notable collaborations include work with Goodman Theatre, Writers Theatre, First Floor Theater, Silk Road Rising, The Second City, iO Theatre, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival. TV/Film credits include: Redwood Highway, The Bear (FX), The Big Leap (Fox). Training: B.F.A., Southern Oregon University; NBCUniversal Bob Curry Fellowship at The Second City. She is represented by Stewart Talent. @shadeev
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Ahmad Karnal

Jawid

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Hamid Dehghani

Director

HAMID DEHGHANI is a director, playwright, actor, and currently the Artistic Fellow at Northlight. He was born and raised in Iran and considers Buraki-ye Olya his hometown. Select acting credits in Iran: Barren (Iran International Fadjr Theatre Festival); Afsooskhar, The Archbishop’s Ceiling (Khourshid Theatre); Equus (Farabi Hall- best acting award at IIFUT); Charlie (Molavi Theatre), Rhinocéros (University of Tehran); The Legend of Nimrooz (Fooladshahr Theatre). Select short film: Jade Farei (best short film at Tehran International Short Film Festival); Yek Bar Se; Occasion; Unbreakable Mirrors; Night Story Of The Boulevard; Who is Going All This Way; Monologue C473; and To Die in Place of Another One. Select directing: From the Environs of Milad, Sohrab’s Transgression (original scripts); A Moment of Silence, Eurydice, and Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (Northwestern). In 2020, he co-founded Grass Studio Theatre. He dedicates his performance to the brave people of Iran who are currently fighting for freedom in the first female-led revolution in history. “Woman, Life, Freedom.”

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