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Chicago Residents Featured in “Wish You Were Here” at Remy Bumppo Theatre Company, Sept. 18 - Oct. 19

Azar Kazemi, Paige Kim Messina, Adelina Feldman-Schultz and Yourtana Sulaiman Take Part in This Chicago Premiere.

Chicago’s Azar Kazemi, Paige Kim Messina (Ravenswood), Adelina Feldman-Schultz (Humboldt Park) and Yourtana Sulaiman (Rogers Park) are featured in Remy Bumppo’s production of Wish You Were Here by Sanaz Toossi, Sept. 18 - Oct. 19 at Theater Wit, 1229 W Belmont Ave. Kazemi helms the production as the director and is assisted by Messina. Feldman-Sculthz is the casting director and Sulaiman plays the role of “Zari.”

It’s 1978 and protests are breaking out all across Iran, encroaching on this suburb where a tight-knit circle of girlfriends plans weddings, trades dirty jokes and tries to hang onto a sense of normalcy. But as the revolution escalates, each woman is forced to join the wave of emigration or face an equally uncertain future at home. With breathtaking humanity and cutting wit, Wish You Were Here chronicles a decade of life during war, as best friends forever become friends long lost, scattered and searching for home.

Regular performances are Thursdays and Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. with an additional matinees on Thursday, Sept. 25 and Thursday, Oct. 9 at 2:30 p.m. There will be an audio described performance with a touch tour on Thursday, Sept. 9 at 7:30 p.m. and an open captioned performance on Saturday, Oct. 4 at 2:30 p.m. Remy Bumppo’s Between the Lines offering, which includes a pre-show lecture and a post-show talkback, will occur on Sunday, Oct. 5 at 2:30 p.m. Subscriptions are on sale now with single tickets, $15 - $55, going on sale Wednesday, July 30 at 12 p.m. at RemyBumppo.org. Groups of 10 or more may call the Theater Wit Box Office at 773.975.8150 to receive group discounts and make reservations.

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