Brunch Before BCT at The Avery for the World Premiere production of AJAX by Habib Yazdi, directed by Kareem Fahmy

Upcoming Date and Time

• Saturday, May 9, 2026  12pm - 3:30pm

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Brunches Before BCT: Saturday, May 2 & 9, Noon-1:30 pm. Pre-Fixe Brunch at Avery Bar + Brasserie with 10% going towards BCT. Perfectly timed meal to get you to the 2:00 pm matinee! Where: Avery Bar + Brasserie, 1010 W Main St, Suite 100, Boise, ID 83702. Space is limited to 30, so reserve your spot early. Brunch is $35 per guest | cost does not include drink purchases | 🚗 Valet $10 flat rate, or street and garage parking nearby.

Tickets to AJAX must be purchased separately in person or online: https://bctheater.ludus.com/200481468
Based on true events: 1953. Tehran. Poolside. (A comedy).
AJAX
by Habib Yazdi
Directed by Kareem Fahmy
April 22-May 9, 2026
World Premiere

~95 mins, Dark Comedy

A political thriller about the 1953 CIA-backed coup that reshaped Iran. A comedy. Until it isn’t.

It’s a hot summer in August 1953, when a clean-cut American arrives at a peaceful villa in North Tehran. Kambiz, the villa’s gardener and pool boy, wonders if the new guest may be his ticket to a better life. As their friendship deepens, Kambiz finds himself entangled in strange affairs involving the Shah of Iran and the country’s elected prime minister. What happens next shaped the next seventy years of Middle Eastern politics. In this darkly comic spy thriller, a swimming pool becomes a nation, tennis becomes oil politics, and politeness becomes warfare. You’ve never seen American foreign policy look this seductive- or this damning.

How will it end? Only the pool knows…

Cast:
Amin El Gamal* (Shah)
Ben Farha (Pool)
Shayan Hooshmand (Kambiz)
Andy Ingalls* (Kermit)
Gordon Reinhart* (Loy)

Production and Design Team:
Kareem Fahmy (Director)
Hayden Pedersen (Assistant Director)
Elena Maddy (Stage Manager)
Sophie Ventresco (Assistant Stage Manager)
Alexander Woodward (Scenic Designer)
Lily Kennedy (Props Designer)
Chanté Thornton Hamann (Costume Designer)
Omar Madkour (Lighting Designer)
Caroline Eng (Sound Designer)
Steve Cuiffo (Magic Consultant)
Nicholas Jules Hewitt (Technical Director)
Amandalynn Lovewell (Scenic Charge)
Matthew Chilcoat (Main Electrician)
Brayden Buckley (Sound Engineer/Board Operator)
Chris Pedersen (Head Carpenter)
Dacia Murdoch (Light Board Operator)
Lex Gonzalez (Scenic Painter and Crew Hand)