American Theater Company (Venue Partner)
1909 W Byron St
773.409.4125
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- When
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Jan 27 – Mar 11
Thursdays–Sundays
- Where
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Directions: Two blocks south of Irving Park Rd on Lincoln Avenue
- Price
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$35 - 40
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“Like each of the play's enlightened, well-meaning young professionals, all ideological systems prove desperately flawed in Ayad Akhtar's bold, searing look at perceptions of Islam in America. At the center are Amir (Usman Ally), a Pakistani-American mergers-and-acquisitions attorney, defined more by ambitious careerism than his happily (and logically) lapsed Muslim roots; and his wife (Lee Stark), a Caucasian artist who taps the Islamist tradition in her practice. When another couple visits for dinner, personal secrets and rivalries (plus booze) lead to explosive, ethnic-underpinned volatility. Despite a curious ending, Akhtar's critical lens is sharp and fearless, tackling organized religion, platitudinous liberalism, and American Dream mythology. Still, Disgraced doesn't peddle in nihilism; it triumphs in candor.”
Stephen Gossett, Flavorpill
