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The Latest


2023
Cast as The MC in  PARENTAL ADVISORY - A BREAKBEAT PLAY at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre

Cast as Bruce in A Distinct Society at Writers Theatre

Cast in an upcoming show at The Court Theatre in 2024

No Vows/No Cows Produced by Film Independent had its premiere at Regal LA LIVE
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Newly released Audiobooks:
I Am Not Sidney Portier by Pericval Everett 
Nubia :The Reckoning Part Two
Democracies in America
Grounded by Aisha Saeed
Temple Folk by Aliyah Bilal
Against Decolonization by Olufemi Taiwo
The Overnights by Ian K. Smith
Dawn: A Slice of Life
The Black Boom  by  Jason L Riley 


2022
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Directing : Friends With Guns by Stephanie A. Walker  at The Complex Hollywood beginning 9/9- 9/18

Cast in Happy You Near as Adam  TBA Release
Cast in Film produced by FILM Independent details TBA

Latest Audiobooks Released:   Unbroken and Unbowed by Jimmie R. Hawkins
Race and The Suburbs in American Film edited by Merrill Schleier
Riders in the Storm by John D. Werner Jr.
Empire of Rubber by Gregg Mitman 
Reading Black Books by Claude Atcho
Your Time Is Now by Johnathan Evans 
American Poetry by David Caplan
Cast as Montag at ​Indiana Repertory Theatre (irtlive.com)

WINNER of BEST AUDIOBOOKS 2021: Black Boy Joy  and Four Hundred Souls:
AudioFile Magazine - Best Of 2021

Fall 2021
 Seven Guitars by August Wilson
             A Noise Within Theatre- Pasadena

Behind The Mic:  Black Boy Joy -  a compilation 

Latest Audiobooks Released :  Black Boy Joy  edited by Kwame Mbalia
                                                        I Got There   by JeVon McCormick
                                                           Go Where There Is No Path by Christopher Gray
 
Featured on Twitch Talk by Boston Public Library

Open Door Playhouse:
The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde



Winter 2020/2021
Currently recording I Got There by JT McCormick

Recorded  The Quest of the Silver Fleece  by WEB Dubois for Amazon Audiobooks

Featured in Audiofile Magazine's  Behind the Mic:
Amir Narrates  "Tristan Strong Destroys the World" by Kwame Mbalia
*2021 ALSC Notable Children's Recording

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"The Unspoken"  by Dr. Ian K Smith
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Featured Narrator in "Four Hundred Souls"  compiled by Ibram X. Kendi

Featured in  Open Door Playhouse's production of  "Beethoven and Misfortune Cookies" by Joni Ravenna and Directed by  Devereau Chumura



Spring 2020
Wrapped Upcoming Episodes of Empire & Chicago Med

Amir Narrates the Upcoming Novel "The Business of Lovers" by Eric Jerome Dickey 

12/2019
Closed Romeo & Juliet at the Tony Award Winning Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, directed by Artistic Director Barbara Gaines
10/2019
Amir Narrates the YA Novel "Tristan Strong Punches A Hole In The Sky" by Kwame Mbalia produced by Penguin RandomHouse.
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9/2019
​Shot the pilot "Cresendo" by Jenna Park and Kelsey Peterjohn
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12/18- 4/2019
Macbeth at the Tony Award Winning Chicago Shakespeare Theatre in the title role, directed by the visionary Marti Lyons.
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10/2018
World Premiere of the feature film Elevate written and directed by Angela Matemotja at the Downtown LA Film Festival in which Amir plays the troubled Bernard.

It's New Work Reading Season!
Ensemble Studio Theatre's Reading of Don Cummings work "The Water Tribe" as a part of the Launchpad Series.
Completed a reading at North Coast Rep of "Home Front" by Warren Leight
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4/2018
​Closed an extended run of A Raisin in the Sun at A Noise Within Theatre!
​3/2018
​Pray to Ball the film was selected for a reading as a part of Fresh Script Sunday at Reel Pros Hollywood!
​1/2018
​Wrapped a commercial for Lelo!

​Steripod Commercial and Netflix Promo Series 'The Couple' debuts!
11/2017
Wrapped a Supporting role in the feature film, Radioflash starring Will Patton! Check out it's ​Imdb 2018 Release
5/2017
Had a wonderful opening night  at Rogue Machine Theatre in Les Blancs, by the iconic Lorraine Hansberry!

Abo Khashem was green lit on the platform ,Steam. I give voice to Yasir!  Abokhashem.com