i’m not even half
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Oct 6 – 24, 2026
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i’m not even half » Oct 6 – 24, 2026 »
Created and Performed by Layla Khoshnoudi
Directed by Machel Ross
Produced in Association with ¡OYE! Group
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?
Arrival Lobby & bar open 1 hour before showtime. Seating is general admission.
Start Time 7pm
Run Time Approx. 90min, no intermission
Age Recommendation 15+
Closed Captioning / Spanish Translation October 21 & 23
ASL Interpreted Performance October 22
Assisted listening devices available upon request
The Bushwick Starr is a fully ADA accessible venue
10/10 Opening Night
10/14 SWANA Night with Noor Theater
10/17 Iranian Community Celebration with Waterwell, Noor Theater, and ¡OYE! Group
10/21 Bushwick Community Performance
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Layla Khoshnoudi
Creator and Performer
Growing up in the (not-liberal part of) Texas, first-generation Iranian-American, Layla Khoshnoudi took to storytelling to reconcile the incongruities of the world from an early age. Her first collaborators were shampoo bottles (Suave was a lothario); then barbies, which she played with to such a ripe age that they had to be strategically hidden from her peers and family members; and ultimately other human beings, when she immersed herself in the dramatic arts in Brooklyn College's MFA Acting program over a decade ago. Since then she’s cultivated a steady practice of theater making and has had the chance to act in such world premieres as Men on Boats, Sensuality Party, and Dance Nation. Eventually her own words found their way to the page and The Bushwick Starr’s production of i'm not even half, this fall, will be her premiere as a playwright. This work lives in the shadowy corridors of the female psyche, a place of great interest to the artist.
Costume Designer Chris Hynds, Scenic Designer Emmie Finckel, Lighting Designer Cheyenne Sykes, Sound Designer Christopher Darbassie, Production Stage Manager Sarah Jones
Development of I’m Not Even Half has been supported in part through a residency at The Theater Department at Skidmore College, with support from the Marty Sue Endowment and the Miranda Family Scholarship.