Summary
From the Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama and author of Homeland Elegies , a "sparkling and combustible" play about identity in America after September 11 ( Bloomberg ).
"Everyone has been told that politics and religion are two subjects that should be off-limits at social gatherings. But watching these characters rip into these forbidden topics, there's no arguing that they make for ear-tickling good theater." -- New York Times
Ayad Akhtar is a screenwriter, playwright, actor, and novelist. He is the author of the novel American Dervish and was nominated for a 2006 Independent Spirit Award for best screenplay for the film The War Within . His plays include Disgraced , recipient of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama; The Who & The What and The Invisible Hand , both of which received Off-Broadway runs and are being produced around the world; and Junk , produced at Lincoln Center in 2017 He lives in New York City.
