Kabul at the Vic

Ensemble Theatre Company (ETC) kicked off its first performance of the New Year with the suspenseful Californian premiere of the thriller Selling Kabul, written by Sylvia Khoury and directed by Nike Doukas.

An off-Broadway hit and 2022 Pulitzer Prize finalist for Drama, the suspenseful play of abiding family love centers on an Afghani former interpreter for the U.S. military in hiding from the Taliban at his sister’s home in Kabul. Tension mounts as he plans his escape with his wife and newly born first child. 

The four-member cast of the poignant show – Rishan Dhamija as the interpreter, Nitya Vidyasagar as his sister who hides him, Christine Mirzayan as the friend and neighbor, and Beejan Land as the brother-in-law – are all making their ETC debuts.

A play not to be missed. It runs through Sunday, Feb. 19, at the New Vic.