In many ways, the two acts of Martin Yousif Zebari’s “Layalina,” receiving its world premiere at the Goodman Theatre, feel like two completely different plays.
The first is set in Iraq in 2003, shortly after the Americans took control of the country, at a time when the occupying forces were searching hard for Saddam Hussein. The Ibrahim family, privileged and protected to that point by Yaser’s (Mattico David) job with the government, seeks to leave the country for the United States, but it’s getting harder to do so.
