Off-Broadway's Fault Line Theatre has announced the complete casting for backstroke boys And the beautiful land i seek (la linda tierra que busco yo), the newest entries in their new play development program. 

Selected from Fault Line’s 2022 Irons in the Fire workshop and reading series, each play will receive four weeks of development and two weeks of performance.

The first play in the series will be backstroke boys, written by Xavier Clark and directed by Sivan Battat. With performances beginning October 27 and running through November 4, the cast will include Anthony Adu (Duty Free), Ayse Eldek (The Defenders), and Mark Yowakim (Macbeth). 

The production will feature set design by Tristan Jeffers (Hindsight), costume design by Asa Benally (Blues for an Alabama Sky), lighting design by Xiangfu Xiao (The Diamond), sound design by Chad Raines (Laughing in Jail), and prop design by Addison Heeren (Round Table). Movement, fight, and intimacy direction is by Alex Might (No Mercy). Nat Kelley DiMario (Lewberger & the Wizard of Friendship) will serve as production stage manager, with Giselle Raphaela (Endgame) as assistant stage manager. 

The second play, the beautiful land i seek (la linda tierra que busco yo), is written by Matthew Barbot and will be directed by José Zayas. Beginning November 10 and running through November 18, the company will include Nate Betancourt (Drunk Shakespeare), Daniel Colón (Morir Sonyando), Alejandro Hernández (The Horror of Dolores Roach), Ashley Marie Ortiz (A Silent Exile), and Bobby Román (Don Juan).

This production will feature set design by Tristan Jeffers (Hindsight), costume design by Haydee Zelideth (Wet Brain), lighting design by Xiangfu Xiao (The Diamond), sound design by Chad Raines (Laughing in Jail), and prop design by Addison Heeren (Round Table). Movement, fight, and intimacy direction is by Rocio Mendez (Ain’t No Mo’). Caren Celine Morris (Hound Dog) will serve as production stage manager, with Ariana Michel (Hungry Ghost) as assistant stage manager. 

For more information, visit FaultLineTheatre.org.