A group of nervous visa applicants in an unnamed country sit in a waiting room, trading stories and tips on how to best present themselves before US consuls — the “gODs.” Their reasons for coming to the US vary, but will the gODs consider them?

APPOINTMENT WITH gOD

Written by Asiimwe Deborah Kawe (Uganda)

Directed by Nana Dakin

CAST

Andrew Agress, Stage Directions

Anita Abdinezhad, gOD 1 and Voice One

Petrina Ampeire, Kakye

Anita Ganesan, gOD 2 and Voice Two

Kambi Gathesha, Announcer and Man 1

Shiro Kihagi, Achen and Voice 5

Janet Kilonzo, Fatima and Voice 3

James Okungu, Man 2 and Voice 4

PRODUCTION

Andrew Agress, Literary Manager

Gavin Browning, Director of Public Programs & Engagement

Natalie Layne Baker, Sound Editor 

Jessi Cotter, Production Manager

Caroline Eng, Sound Designer

Jordan Fleming, Student Producer

Jim Petty with Five OHM Productions, Audio Engineer

Zoe E. Rotter, Casting Director

Kanika Vaish, Literary Manager

Daniel Vaughn, Stage Manager

FESTIVAL CO-FOUNDERS

Carol Becker, Dean of Columbia University School of the Arts

David Henry Hwang, MFA Theatre Program, Columbia University School of the Arts

Special thanks to the following, who created some of the sounds you heard in today’s episode and made them available through freesound.org: Damsteegt, bigjoedrummer, boykind, Sorrow-Fox, InspectorJ, hazure, Natty23, devilfish101, Andrew Duke, Veridiansunrise, mariadrrs, dj997, jobro, mansardian

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