Homes: A Refugee Story (Solo Show - Grand Theatre) - February 2023

“The right actor is needed to tell ‘Homes: A Refugee Story’ with truth, honesty and dignity. That choice was made with Nabil Traboulsi. His performance is the very reason to see this at times frightening, and alarming, but very hopeful play that humanizes and puts a face to war and political conflict”

“Nabil Traboulsi’s performance as the young Abu Bakr Al Rabeeah is the highlight of the production. He remains a compelling storyteller throughout the eighty minutes. Traboulsi delivered a flesh and blood credibly real person on the Auburn stage, and I was on every word he always uttered.”

“Not once did Traboulsi ever veer into emotional histrionics as he allows the words of the monologue to speak for themselves. As a member of the audience, it was I who felt either the sting of the meaning of the word or the pang of context. This occurred where Traboulsi (as Abu Bakr) says goodbye to his unseen friends the night before he leaves for Canada. Masterfully handled. I felt as if I was there at that moment in that silent, uneasy goodbye friends sometimes have to share with each other.” - Joe Szekeres - Our Theatre Voice

Traboulsi is outstanding as the boy whose world is turned upside down by the hate and violence his family spent years trying to flee. The actor delivers an honest, understated but emotion-packed performance as the young refugee, allowing the audience to connect with the boy whether he is enjoying a video game with his brothers and friends or hiding in terror behind burned-out cars trying to dodge bullets and run to his father’s bakery. - Joe Belanger - London Free Press

“Nabil Traboulsi gives such an extraordinarily natural performance as Bakr that you completely forget that he is an actor performing a role. […] Traboulsi plays at least eight clearly distinguished characters in Homes, though the main two are Bakr himself and Bakr’s father. […] Traboulsi has such an expressive face and voice we know exactly what his character is thinking before he says anything.” - Christopher Hoile - Stage Door

Martyr (ARC) - January 2023

“But the demanding part of Benjamin is enormous – in essence he becomes a lightning rod for everyone else's obsessions – and the actor disappears into the character with complete, one might say religious, devotion. On the way out of the theatre, you might be arguing with others about the play. But you'll be in agreement about Traboulsi's staggering performance.” - Glenn Sumi

“Nabil Traboulsi has given powerful, nuanced performances in Toronto in the past — as the severely troubled office worker Dean in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Gloria last year or as the gallant Chevalier in Marivaux’s La Seconde Surprise de l’amour in 2018. The requirements for Mayenburg’s Benjamin go beyond the demands of these roles and Traboulsi completely fulfils them. Imagine playing a part written almost entirely in biblical quotations and yet being able to speak them as if they were exactly your own thoughts. That is what Traboulsi accomplishes.” - Christopher Hoile - Stage Door

Gloria (ARC in association with Crow’s Theatre) - March 2022

“Nabil Traboulsi is outstanding as the troubled Dean. […] His meeting with Kendra is meant to be a reconciliation but ends up with a near total breakdown that Traboulsi makes excruciating to witness.” - Christopher Hoile - Stage Door

“Traboulsi absolutely shines as Dean, rendering a character portrait of heart-stopping honesty.” - Paula Citron

“As played by Nabil Traboulsi, Dean is a bit hyper, anxious, charged with the high anxiety of the office but trying to control it. He is sensitive to others, especially Gloria. Traboulsi beautifully paces Dean’s growing anxiety and animosity towards Kendra.” - Lynn Slotkin - Slotkin Letter