There's a lot of serious stuff exposed in Ayad Akhtar's incendiary Disgraced, currently at Arena Stage. The 90-minute one act asks tough questions, presents thorny dilemmas, uncorks usually …
Assimilation. The Cherokees tried, or so a glance at American history tells us. Finally conquered by the Europeans, they tried t acculturate themselves, to do what the white man said would r…
Center Theatre Group has announced casting for Ayad Akhtar's Pulitzer Prize-winning play DISGRACED, which begins previews June 8, opens June 19 and continues through July 17, 2016, at the Ma…
If you think we are over-saturated with passionate discussions of race, gender, nationality, and religion during this chaotic election year — think again. There is still much to be…
The Pulitzer Prize in Drama is awarded “for a distinguished play by an American author, preferably original in its source and dealing with American life." Disgraced certainly has plent…
Wharf 1 theatre, Sydney Theatre CompanyTerrorism, race and religion are just some issues that swirl through a New York apartment, in the Australian premiere of Ayad Akhtar's confronting play…
An African American, a Jew and a WASP walk into a bar . . . That's how the joke might begin, except in this case it isn't a bar, there's also a Muslim-American, and "Disgraced" isn't (as its…
By Salma Abu Ayyash. Salma Abu Ayyash considers the missed opportunity for Ayd Akhtar's Disgraced to challenge Islamphobia and the intersection of oppressions.
A good play has a message and uses the plot to make that message known. It creates developed characters who go through (usually) trying times and they learn something about themselves by the…
