Layla Khoshnoudi's I'M NOT EVEN HALF to Premiere at The Bushwick Starr
Performances begin on October 6, 2026.
The Bushwick Starr is partnering with ¡OYE! Group to present the world premiere of I'm Not Even Half, created and performed by Layla Khoshnoudi (7 Minutes, Men On Boats), and directed by Machel Ross (A Song of Songs, Black Exhibition). Performances begin on October 6, 2026.
Glued to her phone, watching a violent uprising unfold in Iran, S gets hit by a car while crossing the street in Brooklyn. She may have a concussion but the driver is cute. Darkly funny, and deeply relatable, I'm Not Even Half takes us on an odyssey of pick-me antics and self-discovery, where physical impact interrupts psychic patterns, forcing S to confront: what is worthy of faith and what is worthy of being gut-punched to hell?
“After years of working as an actor in New York, my own writing began to spring forth, born from a strong desire to express more expansively in the theater, where shared experience could lead to impactful change. I'm Not Even Half was the first play to emerge from this wave, its driving impulse being to juxtapose two countries at ideological war, decaying under patriarchy for very different reasons, filtered through relatable eyes of a floundering, self-centered artist. Using humor as a sharp edge to slice through biases and preconceived notions, the play attempts to process the impact of abstract destructions through the ones we may be more intimately familiar with.” - Layla Khoshnoudi
Photo Credit: Ella Pennington
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