“Disgraced,” Ayad Akhtar’s excellent and bracing play centered on Amir, which won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize, is now playing on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre. Disgraced - Wikipedia Disgraced is a 2012 play by novelist and screenwriter Ayad Akhtar. It premiered in Chicago and ... Usman Ally played Amir, Alana Arenas played Jory, Behzad Dabu played Abe, Benim Foster played Isaac and Lee Stark played Emily, starting ... 'Disgraced' Exposes the Contradictions of Identity | Middle East Institute 13 May 2016 ... The play is centered on Amir Kapur, a lapsed Muslim, and his wife, Emily, who battle over their conflicting perceptions of Islam. Each character ...
Emily and Amir host an alcohol-fueled dinner party for the curator, Isaac, who is Jewish, and his wife, Jory, who is an African-American lawyer at Amir's firm. Through the course of the evening, secrets are revealed, treacheries and betrayals emerge and long-suppressed opinions and beliefs explode into a physical and verbal brawl with long ...
Amir's monologue from Ayad Akhtar's play, 'Disgraced' 'Disgraced' by Ayad Akhtar. From: Play. Type: Dramatic. Character: Amir Kapoor, a lawyer, South Asian.Summary: Amir Kapoor is living the American Dream—an upper East Side apartment, Italian suits, and the promise of becoming partner at the law firm. Disgraced (Play) Plot & Characters | StageAgent Disgraced. Play. Writers: Ayad Akhtar.When Amir and his artist wife, Emily, host an intimate dinner party with their two colleagues and friends, he begins to realize that the life he has built for himself may be a façade. Review: Disgraced turns West-meets-Islam divisions into… The central character, Amir, (played here in this Sydney Theatre Company production by SachinDisgraced is, essentially, a melodrama. The action is punctuated by moments of high dramaIn a short essay on the politics of theatre (Rhapsody for the Theatre) the French philosopher, Alain Badiou...
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(PDF) Ayad Akhtar's Disgraced at STC (performance review ... The play's highpoint (and this production's) is a dinner party that escalates into a religious and political argument between Amir, Emily, and another couple: Isaac, the Jewish art-dealer (Glenn Hazeldine) who is bankrolling Emily's forays into pseudo-religious art and his wife Jory, an African American lawyer who is Amir's rival for ... Indeed, Disgraced | HowlRound Theatre Commons While editing my piece, I read the excellent, nuanced essay on the play by Arlene Martínez-Vázquez where she lays out the context, and poses very important questions. I agree with her that Disgraced is a racist play that mostly appeals to a predominantly white audience, leaving many others, including myself, confused. It's because of that ... 'Disgraced' Exposes the Contradictions of Identity | Middle ...
Disgraced Corporate lawyer Amir Kapoor is living a wonderful life: he is happy, in love with his wife, and about to land the biggest promotion of his career. But when he briefly helps his nephew with a case defending a man of Muslim faith, Amir's career and personal life begin to slowly unravel.
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Theater review: Ayad Akhtar's 'Disgraced' at Alliance Theatre The genius of "Disgraced" is the way it uses Amir's demons to put forth a robust and withering discussion of politics and faith in the continuum of history, from the time of Muhammad to the ... Review: PPT's 'Disgraced' exposes why some things remain ... Emily and Amir host an alcohol-fueled dinner party for the curator, Isaac, who is Jewish, and his wife, Jory, who is an African-American lawyer at Amir's firm. Through the course of the evening, secrets are revealed, treacheries and betrayals emerge and long-suppressed opinions and beliefs explode into a physical and verbal brawl with long ... American Jewish-Muslim ties presented in play - South Florida ... Amir's wife Emily (Betsy Graver) is an artist who loves putting Islamic tradition in her paintings much to the dismay of Amir. Adding to the mix and conflict is Jewish art dealer Isaac (Gregg ...
PDF Disgraced Study Guide - alliancetheatre.org Emily admits to Amir that her art was selfishly naïve, a testament to her realization that his casting aside his Muslim heritage was a desperate survival mechanism, and she asks him not to contact her again. She leaves, and Amir stares gravely into the image of the portrait that Emily was paintingat the beginning of the play.