Overview
January 28, 2017. An executive order signed by the President sends three complicated and lost individuals wandering on their own homebound odysseys. As one searches for his lost father, another searches for his detained uncle, and another searches for connection to her faraway home. Searching for hope and for home, their lives become entwined with Homer’s ancient text in beautiful and life-altering ways.
Casting & Production
Casting
CHARACTERS: (3F, 4M, 3 Any)
RAFIQ — Male. 26yo. From Syria. Has been in the U.S. for just over 3 years for school.
MATEO — Male. 16yo. From El Salvador. A DACA “dreamer.”
RAHILAH — Female. 17yo. Of Arabic descent. Born in Damascus. Moved to the U.S. when she was very young. Has lived abroad.
1ST STORYTELLER — Any gender identity. Existed “then” but fits in perfectly “now.”
2ND STORYTELLER — Any gender identity. Existed “then” but fits in perfectly “now.”
3RD STORYTELLER — Any gender identity. Existed “then” but fits in perfectly “now.”
ALLIE — Female/non-binary. 18yo. Born in the U.S. Smart. An activist.
MIRENA — Female. 17yo. Of Cuban descent. Born in the U.S.
TRIPP — Male. 15yo. White. Born in the U.S. Spends a good deal of his time in airports shuttling between his divorced parents.
JAVIER — Male. 16yo. From El Salvador. A legal U.S. citizen.
Setting:
Washington Dulles International Airport and the surrounding area.
Saturday, January 28th, 2017
