Sophie Zmorrod embracing life on the road in ‘Kite Runner’
‘The Kite Runner’June 25 – 30The Kennedy Center$39-$149Kennedy-center.org Newly single, Sophie Zmorrod is enjoying life on the road in the first national tour of “The Kite Runner,” Matthew Spangler’s play with music based on Khaled Hosseini’s gripping novel about damaged relationships and longed for redemption. “It’s a wonderful time for me,” says Zmorrod. “I’m past the breakup pain and feeling empowered to explore new cities.
A lot of us in the cast are queer, so we figure out the scene wherever the show goes.” What’s more, the New York-based actor has fallen in love with the work. “I love how the play’s central character Amir is flawed.
He is our antihero. He has faults. As a privileged boy in Kabul, he bears witness to his best friend’s assault and doesn’t intervene.
He lives with that guilt for decades and gets that redemption in the end.” “He does what he can to right wrongs. For me who’s regretted things, and wished I could go back in time, it resonates.
