HONOR KILLING Character Breakdown

Note: HONOR KILLING can be performed with six actors when doubling is required. The below is the playwright’s preference (without doubling). 

 

Actor 1:

Allisyn Davis: 35, Caucasian American.

A freelance journalist; works for The New York Times. Graduated cum laude from Vassar and has a PhD in journalism from Columbia University. Attractive, determined, intelligent, educated, and privileged. Well-traveled, worldly. Appears conservative, but has an open mind. Hides her vulnerability. Defiant, strong-willed, curious, and not easily contained.

 

Actor 2:

Bentley Adams: 36, Caucasian American.

Journalist. Harvard grad, double major in business and journalism. Hails from a wealthy family in Georgia. Incredibly driven – he’s quickly climbing the ranks at The New York Times. An attractive, ambitious, hard worker, seemingly open-minded and democratic despite his upbringing. Strong-minded and incredibly capable – he is Allisyn’s true equal.

 

Actor 3:

Mehreen: 35, Female, Pakistani lawyer and activist.

 

Immigration Officer: 35-40, Pakistani Immigration Officer at the Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore, Pakistan.

 

Actor 4:

Mohammad Ijaaz: 45-55, Male, husband of the deceased Samira Tasneem. Seemingly bereft, wife was brutally murdered in front of him. Pakistani.

 

Abbas: 35-45, Pakistani stringer.

 

Actor 5:

Muzaffar Khan: 40, Male, Samira’s Lawyer, Pakistani. Educated, but not elite. The people’s lawyer.

 

Raja Mahmood: 35-40, Consular Agent, Pakistani. Answers to Consul General, Shahreyar Zasar.

 

Actor 6:

Shahreyar Zasar: 40-50, Male, Pakistani Consul General to Dubai. Elegant, educated, diplomatic, and cutting. A traditionalist.

 

Actor 7:

Melissa Davis: 37, Female, Caucasian American. Allisyn’s sister. Pretty, reserved, and stronger than she looks.

 

BBC News Reporter: British.

 

Actor 8:

Edward Evans: 50-65, Male, The New York Times Bureau Chief (London). *Reads indicated stage directions (defined by playwright) for readings/presentations.