2025/26 Season

The Jungle

April 16 – May 3, 2026

Written by Joe Robertson and Joe Murphy
Directed by Mark Valdez 
Alan Page Auditorium | Mixed Blood Theatre
 
Set in the refugee camp in Calais, France known as “The Jungle” that existed from January 2015 to October 2016 at the peak of the European migrant crisis, The Jungle asks why those crossing borders in search of safety and home must face grave harm and danger? This fictionalized re-telling of real life events tells the story of a standoff between immigrants trying to protect their new homes and the government that refuses to let them stay.
 
The Jungle was meant to offer an entry point for a community conversation on immigration. Little did we know how urgent the play would become. Its urgency remains with the conversation it engenders, but more, with its complex depiction of people standing together, against a national government that wants them gone.” – Artistic Director, Mark Valdez.
 
With a cast of 20, this epic and ambitious, and revolutionary Mixed Blood production is a must-see event.
 
“A significant event in which theatre shakes hands with the world.” – The Sunday Times 

Show Details

The performance runs about 165 minutes, plus an intermission. 

Content Transparency:
This production includes the use of smoke effects, bright lights, recorded gunshots, discussion of torture, and depictions of state violence (including police in riot gear).

ACCESS DATES AND SPECIAL EVENTS:

  • English-language captioning | provided at every performance
  • Assisted Listening | available at every performance (reserve in advance)
  • Masks Required | every Wednesday performance
  • Post-Show Conversations | every Thursday, Friday, and  Saturday performance
  • Pre-Show Music by Ardaa in the lobby | every Thursday and  Saturday performance
  • Audio Description | April 17th (opening)
  • ASL Interpretation |  April 25th
  • Footsteps to Freedom: A facilitated conversation with experts in immigration | April 29th
  • Tactile Tour/Audio Description | May 2nd

CAST/CREATIVE TEAM

ALI – Avi Aharoni*
BETH – Sophina Saggau*
BOXER – Jim Lichtscheidl*
DEREK/GUARD- Eric Staves
HELENE – Comfort Dolo*
HENRI/CRS – Paul LaNave*
LITTLE AMAL (Tue/Thu/Sat) – Mila Ekisola
LITTLE AMAL (Wed/Fri/Sun) – Layal Farag
MAZ – Leor Benjamin
MOHAMMED – Bruce Young*
NORULLAH – Ahmad Maher*
OKOT – Abdoul Manaf-Kondo
OMAR – Nuradin Abdulahi
OMID – Yassir Ali
PAULA – Cheryl Willis*
SAFI – Tony Larkin*
SALAR – Mohamed Yabdri
SAM – Alex Mitchell
YASIN – Sabrin Nur

 

 

 

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Rehearsal Stage Manager – Kenji Shoemaker*
Performance Stage Manager – Stacy McIntosh Holt*
Assistant Stage Manager – Austin Schoenfelder*
Production Manager – Jessica Swanson
Scenic Designer/Builder – Joe Stanley
Props Designer – Abbee Warmboe
Costume Designer – Zamora Simmons
Lighting Designer – Marcus Dilliard
Sound Designer – C Andrew Mayer
Musicians – Robert Lehmann, Aryaman Rexer-Joshi
Dialect Coach – Isa Condo Olvera
Fight Choreographer – Aaron Preusse
Poster Art – Christina Vang

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*Appearing through an Agreement between Mixed Blood Theatre & Actor’s Equity Association

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