The first act of Martin Yousif Zebari’s “Layalina” at the Goodman Theatre is set in Baghdad in March 2003, the month when then-President George W. Bush announced that U.S. forces had begun military ...

“Layalina,” the new play premiering at Goodman Theatre about a family emigrating from Iraq to the United States, begins and ends with celebrations. In fact, Martin Yousif Zebari's drama - inspired by ...

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Martin Yousif Zebari's LAYALINA is a heartwarming multigenerational family play that spans from Baghdad to Skokie. While Zebari doesn't shy away from portraying the family's trauma and the challenges ...

Goodman Theatre premieres "Layalina," a play about Iraqi immigrants by Martin Yousif Zebari developed through the theater's New Stages program. The play opens in 2003 in Baghdad as newlywed Layal and ...

“The shit we deal with in Baghdad, it doesn’t exist in America,” declares Sahir early in Martin Yousif Zebari’s Layalina, now in a world premiere at the Goodman under Sivan Battat’s direction. The ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The first act of Martin Yousif Zebari’s “Layalina” at the Goodman Theatre is set in Baghdad in March 2003, the month when ...