[17] Afsar progressed to the live semi-finals but failed to make it through her group and was not selected to compete for a wildcard by the judges.
[20][21][22][23] Afsar left the Chicago production on March 25, 2018, but briefly returned to the role for the 2nd National Tour's stop at Segerstrom Center for the Arts for the weekend of May 19, 2018.
[25] We Won't Sleep is scheduled to have its world premiere at the Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre in Arlington, Virginia in 2022.
She is on the board of the ACLU of Illinois Next Gen.[27] She spoke at the youth reception for the American Civil Liberties Union national convention.
Afsar played the role of "Ellie" in the direct-to-video science fiction action film Martian Land.