Layalina
Written by Martin Yousif Zebari
Running time is 110 minutes.
Opens: February 11, 2021
Closes: February 17, 2021
In 2003, newly wed Layal plans a future with her family as they make plans to immigrate to the U.S. from Baghdad. 18 years later, just outside of Chicago, Layal’s life and responsibilities look unimaginably different from what she had envisioned two decades before. Martin Yousif Zebari’s surprising new play examines how families maintain their love in the midst of turbulent global and social change.