The Profane

*Horton Foote American Playwriting Prize
*Edgerton Foundation New Play Award
*New York Times Critic's Pick

“An eloquent, frequently comic new drama... By turns warm and wary, combative and conciliatory... The Profane is deeply invested in a question about the state of our own Union: Can we live together, and be good to one another, for the long haul? The Profane simply does one of the things theater does best: It gets us thinking about how to be human together.”
- New York Times

“Zayd Dohrn astutely captures the disconnect between our ideals and our desires in The Profane, his perceptive and challenging new play... All of the characters are drawn with intricate complexity: a web of contradicting ideals, impulses, and behavior—they feel like real people.”
- Theatremania

“Zayd Dohrn continues to use the world around us to create timely plays. The Profane is a relatable and welcome inside look at the lives of a group of Americans who currently find themselves the unhappy center of harsh new approaches to battling terrorism.”
- Curtain Up

Safe in the liberal fortress of Manhattan, Raif Almedin prides himself on his modern, enlightened views. But when his daughter falls for the son of a conservative Muslim family, he discovers the threshold of his tolerance.

*Horton Foote American Playwriting Prize
*Edgerton Foundation New Play Award
*New York Times Critic's Pick

The Profanezayddohrn2019-10-01T00:36:15+00:00

Off-Broadway World Premiere, 2017

Cast

Tala Ashe — Emina
Francis Benhamou — Aisa/Dania
Ramsey Faragallah — Peter
Ali Reza Farahnakian — Raif
Lanna Joffrey — Carmen
Heather Raffo — Naja
Babak Tafti — Sam

Crew

Directed by Kip Fagan

Scenic Design: Takeshi Kata
Costume Design: Jessica Pabst
Lighting Design: Matt Frey
Sound Design: Brandon Wolcott
Production Stage Manager: Shane Schnetzler

Photos: Tala Ashe, Francis Benhamou, Ramsey Faragallah, Ali Reza Farahnakian, Lanna Joffrey, Heather Raffo, and Babak Tafti in The Profane at Playwrights Horizons.