World Premiere
Back of the Throat
by Yussef El Guindi
A co-production with THICKdescription
April 22, 2005 - May 16, 2005
Thick House
1695 18th Street, San Francisco
Written by Yussef El Guindi
Directed by Tony Kelly
Featuring James Asher*, Chloe Bronzan*, James Reese*, Brian Rivera, Paul Santiago*
Khaled, an Arab-American writer, is eager to cooperate with the two Homeland Security agents who visit him in the aftermath of September 11. What begins as a routine check quickly evolves into an uncomfortable interrogation as the two agents begin to assert their power. At the center of their suspicion is Khaled’s involvement with the mysterious Asfoor, presumably one of the terrorists who is now dead. One by one, a library clerk, a stripper, and Khaled’s ex-girlfriend testify to Khaled’s acquaintance with Asfoor and possible involvement in terrorist activities.
Cast & Crew
Yussef El Guindi
Playwright
Yussef El Guindi
Yussef El Guindi is a playwright living in Seattle. He was playwright-in-residence at Duke University for several years. His most recent productions include Finishing School, So Unlike Me, Trading In My Arab (in Seattle), Karima’s City (in San Francisco; and as part of 2004’s Cairo International Experimental Theater Festival), Murder in the Mirror (a radio play presented by Stage Shadows at the Museum of Television and Radio in New York) and Men On Mars (another radio play aired in 2004 by Shoestring Radio Theater). His play Ten Acrobats in An Amazing Leap of Faith is scheduled for productions this year in Chicago and Seattle. Back of The Throat is also being presented in Seattle by Theater Schmeater.
James Asher
Khaled
James Asher
Back of The Throat features Arab-American actor James Asher, whose recent credits include the Tectonic Theater Project’s productions of Gross Indecency and The Laramie Project (the latter performed in New York and at Berkeley Repertory Theatre).
Scene Design: James Faerron
Stage Management: Anna Mico-Quinn
Costumes: Isabella Ortega
Lighting Design: Rick Martin
Production: Torange Yeghiazarian, Tony Kelly