Silence (2025)
Produced by
Presented by
Playwright: Fawad Khan
Director: Zain Ahmed
Venue
The Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse
Run
July 2nd, 2025 – July 12th, 2025
Synopsis
When a son vanishes under state repression, a Pakistani family teeters on the edge. His brother, burdened by fear, urges them to move on. His mother, haunted by absence, refuses—her hope a quiet act of resistance. Their fractured grief echoes global silences: India’s missing activists, Sudan’s midnight arrests, Congo’s ghosts, Palestine’s abductions, America’s ICE detainees. As memory collides with survival, Silence becomes a visceral elegy for families left in limbo. In the cracks of silence, the disappeared endure.
“To mourn without a grave. To fight without a name.” (fringetoronto.com)
Cast
| Mahnoor Khan | Rabia |
| Matt Scerri | Salman |
| Naveed Kamal | Nadeem |
| Andrea Larrañaga | Fatima |
Creative Team
| Fawad Khan | Playwright |
| Zain Ahmed | Director |
| Pola Rodriguez | Designer |
Production
| Amanda Myrden | Stage Manager |
