Disgraced

This article is about the 2012 play. For the 1933 film, see Disgraced!

Disgraced
Written byAyad Akhtar
Date premieredJanuary 2012 (2012-01)
Place premieredAmerican Theater Company, Chicago, Illinois, USA
SubjectPakistani Muslim heritage, Islamophobia
GenreDrama

Disgraced (2012) is the first stage play by playwright, novelist, and screenwriter Ayad Akhtar.[1] It premiered in Chicago and has had Off-Broadway and Off West End engagements. The play, which won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama,[2] opened on Broadway at the Lyceum Theater October 23, 2014.[3] Disgraced has also been recognized with a 2012 Joseph Jefferson Award for New Work – Play or Musical and a 2013 Obie Award for Playwriting. The 2014 Broadway transfer earned a nomination for Tony Award for Best Play in 2015.[4]

The 90-minute, one-act play is centered on sociopolitical themes such as Islamophobia and the self-identity of Muslim-American citizens.[5][6] It explores a dinner party among four people with very different backgrounds. As discussion turns to politics and religion, the mood quickly becomes heated. Described as a "combustible powder keg of identity politics,"[7] the play depicts racial and ethnic prejudices that "secretly persist in even the most progressive cultural circles."[8] It is also depicts the challenge for upwardly mobile Muslim Americans in post-9/11 America.[9] Productions have included performances by Aasif Mandvi and Erik Jensen.

  1. ^ Jones, Chris (January 31, 2012). "Tolerance is no easy out in riveting 'Disgraced': THEATER REVIEW: "Disgraced" at American Theater Company ★★★½". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
  2. ^ "The 2013 Pulitzer Prize Winners: Drama". Pulitzer.org. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
  3. ^ "Home". disgracedonbroadway.com.
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  7. ^ Gerard, Jeremy (October 29, 2012). "Pacino's $377 Ticket Ghettoizes Broadway". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
  8. ^ Stasio, Marilyn (October 23, 2012). "Review: 'Disgraced'". Variety. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
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