Quality Cellular by Alex Riad

During the height of the Great Recession in 2009, an Egyptian-American teenager is forced to work in his divorced parents’ failing cell phone shop the summer before college, coming of age as he sees the troublesome sides of his immigrant father, single mother, and their degenerate employees.
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Character Information

  • Sam
    17/18,
    Egyptian American
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      Teens
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      Middle Eastern, North African, or Arab American
    • Gender: 
      Male
  • Nabil
    57,
    Egyptian
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      50s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      Middle Eastern, North African, or Arab American
    • Gender: 
      Male
  • Louise
    55,
    White American
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      50s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      White
    • Gender: 
      Female
  • Jen
    29,
    American of any Race
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      20s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      Any race/ethnicity
    • Gender: 
      Female
  • Grace
    28,
    American of any Race
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      20s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      Any race/ethnicity
    • Gender: 
      Female
  • Frank
    59,
    White American
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      50s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      White
    • Gender: 
      Male
  • Bruce
    32,
    American of any Race
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      30s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      Any race/ethnicity
    • Gender: 
      Male

Development History

  • Reading
    ,
    The Atlantic Theater Company
    ,
    2022
  • Workshop
    ,
    The Juilliard School
    ,
    2022
  • Reading
    ,
    The Signature Theater
    ,
    2021