The Green Line
by Makram Ayache
The Green Line explores intergenerational memory through the lens of four queer relationships in Beirut, Lebanon. Two women fall in love under the tumult of war while two men meet for the first time in the hidden recesses of the queer night life. At its heart, The Green Line is a contemplation of the way memories are inherited or erased from our lineages.
Cast & Creative
Antoine Yared
Naseev
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Born in Lebanon and raised in Montreal, Antoine has worked in theatres across Canada and the US. His love of Shakespeare prompted a move to Stratford, where he spent five seasons performing classical plays such as Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Pericles, King John, The Merchant of Venice, John Gabriel Borkman, The Alchemist, The Madwoman of Chaillot and Mother Courage. Antoine’s taste for adventure then spurred him to seize the opportunity of appearing in Groundling Theatre’s production of King Lear in Toronto, before accepting a role in The Last Wife at Montreal’s Centaur Theatre. More recently, he was employed south of the border at Washington DC’s Arena Stage in A Thousand Splendid Suns – a role he’d reprised a few months after the production toured San Diego, San Francisco and Seattle.
Bahareh Yaraghi
Mona
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Bahareh has most recently starred in Steve Martin's comedy, Meteor Shower, at Theatre Calgary and played Lady de Winter at Citadel's The Three Musketeers. Her work has taken her across the country at the stages of the Shaw Festival, the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Mirvish, The Citadel, Theatre Calgary, Tarragon Theatre, Factory Theatre, Buddies in Bad Times, Théâtre Français de Toronto, Arts Club, Royal MTC, Nightwood, Canadian Stage, Theatre Smash, ARC, Why Not Theatre, YPT, and others. Recent Film/TV: Good Sam, What We Do in the Shadows, Kim’s Convenience, Dear David, and Inedia. Bahareh is a six-time Dora award nominee (Individual/Ensemble) and a two-time Sterling award nominee (Individual/Ensemble).
Makram Ayache
Rami / Playwright
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Makram Ayache is a Governor General Literary Award Finalist and award-winning playwright, performer, director, and producer. His playwriting explores representations of queer Arab voices and aims to bridge political struggles to the intimate experiences of the people impacted by them. Ayache was selected as one of six breakthrough artists in Toronto in the Toronto Star in 2023. His play, "The Hooves Belonged to the Deer" was selected as one of 10 best productions in Ontario in 2023 by the Globe and Mail and won an Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award for “Outstanding Independent Production” in Edmonton in 2023. His Governor General nominated play "The Green Line" was published by Playwrights Canada Press in the spring of 2024. Alongside writing, Ayache directs, most recently directing the development showcase of "Small Gods the Musical” with Theatre Sheridan and Factory Theatre. Learn more at www.makramayache.com
Filsan Dualeh
Yara
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Filsan (She/Her) is a Somali-Canadian artist living on Treaty 7 Territory, Moh’kins’tsis. Graduating with a BFA from the University of Calgary, Filsan has worked with multiple theatre companies in the city. Acting credits include: The Girl on the Train (Vertigo Theatre), All Good Things Must Begin (Downstage Theatre/Immigrant Council for Arts Innovation/Climate Change Theatre Action), The Green Line (Downstage/Chromatic Theatre Co-Production) TEN: A Workshop Reading (Alberta Theatre Projects), The Livestream: A Workshop Reading (Young People’s Theatre), Julius Caesar, Richard III (The Shakespeare Company). Filsan was also a recipient of the Betty Mitchell Awards, winning Best Supporting Actor for Makram Ayache’s award-winning play, The Green Line. She is so excited to be teaming up with Ayache again to bring his beautiful and moving play to radio!
Waseem Alzer
Fifi/Zidan
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Waseem Alzer is a Palestinian performing and teaching artist based in NYC focusing on new work development. Off Broadway: Eh Dah? Questions for my Father (NYTW), On That Day in Amsterdam (Primary Stages). Regional: Layalina (Goodman Theatre), Last Ward (YSDT). Alzer teaches Dabka and movement liberation. Subject to change, please reach out before publishing.