Notice to Appear

Cast – Kathleen Chalfant, Suli Holum
Acting Ensemble – The NTA ensemble consists of six first- or second-generation immigrant professional actors who perform multiple roles throughout the production. They portray asylum seekers from their own countries of origin, as well as immigration judges, ICE attorneys, lawyers, court interpreters, and witnesses appearing before the Tribunal.
Creators – Irina Kruzhilina and Thijs Beuming
Writer and Director – Irina Kruzhilina
Research Dramaturg – Thijs Beuming
Script Dramaturgs – John Eisner and Crystal Skillman
Music Direction – Marlon Saunders
Movement Direction – Suli Holum
Assistant Director – Rebecca Berger
Visual Echo Producer – Irina Kruzhilina
Dream Stack Productions Producer – Sara Stackhouse
Immigration Law Consultants – Lenni Benson (Chair in Immigration and Human Rights Law at New York Law School and Founder of Safe Passage Project), Carmen Maria Rey Caldas (Former Immigration Judge), Olivia Cassin (Former Immigration Judge), Kyle Dandelet (Former Immigration Judge), Karen Musalo (Professor, UC Law San Francisco, and Founding Director of the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies)

This world premiere by Visual Echo, in association with Dream Stack Productions, is supported by DCLA, NYSCA, LMCC, Peacedale Global Arts, the Venturous Theatre Fund, Joyee Deb and Piyush Jain, and has been developed through residencies at Mercury Store, Baryshnikov Arts Center, MacDowell, North American Cultural Laboratory’s Deep Space Residency and En Garde Arts’ Uncommon Voices program.