Directed by LISA PORTES
See things as they are.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for drama and a sold-out hit in Chicago, London and New York, Disgraced exposes the stories we tell our friends, the secrets we tell our lovers and the lies we tell ourselves. Hotshot lawyer Amir Kapoor has spent a lifetime distancing himself from his strict Muslim upbringing. Ironically his wife, an artist, finds her own work increasingly inspired by Islam. When the two host a dinner party for their friends and colleagues, polite conversation escalates into an explosive exploration of identity, religion and politics. This timely and provocative new play illuminates the not-so-hidden prejudices very much alive in America today.
"A smart and provocative work of unusual daring, one that should be seen by anyone who cares about serious theatre." — Newsday
ADVISORY: Disgraced is appropriate for adult and older teenage audiences. This Pulitzer Prize winner opens conversations about religion and race and includes very strong adult language, violence and other mature themes.
RUNNING TIME: The show runs approximately 80 minutes with no intermission.
Barzin Akhavan
Jun 9, 2017, 16:44 PM
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Amir
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Mr. Akhavan is pleased to be making his Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park debut. Credits include the New York Theatre Workshop national tour and ArKtype international tour of Aftermath, four seasons with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and four seasons with the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival. He appeared in the world premiere of The Kite Runner at San Jose Repertory Theatre and Arizona Theatre Company (SF Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Best Lead Actor nomination); Mary Zimmerman’s Arabian Nights at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre Company and Arena Stage; Lidless and Inana at Contemporary American Theater Festival; Pericles at Guthrie Theater and Folger Theatre; Twelfth Night and Romeo and Juliet at Seattle Repertory Theatre; The Poetry of Pizza at Virginia Stage Company; The Persian Quarter at Merrimack Repertory Theatre; Vestibular Sense at Mixed Blood Theatre; The Invisible Hand at Marin Theatre Company; and performances at Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Seattle Shakespeare Company and Idaho Repertory Theatre. Film and television credits include Anniversary, The Jew of Malta, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Smash. He earned his MFA from the University of Washington’s Professional Actor Training Program.
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