PPT presents winner of Pulitzer Prize for Drama
March 10-April 10
‘Disgraced’
Pittsburgh Public Theater presents the regional premiere of Ayad Akhtar’s “Disgraced,” winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, March 10-April 10 at the O’Reilly Theater in the Cultural District.
Directed by City Theatre Artistic Director Tracy Brigden, Amir is a hot-shot corporate lawyer in Manhattan. He’s also a Pakistani-American whose white wife, Emily (Lisa Velten Smith), is an artist interested in Islamic forms. Amir’s nephew, Hussein, calls himself Abe in order to seem more mainstream American. But Abe is also involved in the local mosque. When its Imam is arrested, Abe and Emily convince Amir to help. But when he is mistakenly linked to the Muslim leader, Amir’s world begins to unravel. Matters come to a head at a dinner party with another couple, Jory, an African-American attorney, and her Jewish husband, Isaac.
While Disgraced discusses religion and identity politics on a rational level, the play’s greatest complexity is when its characters fall into emotional pits of pride and prejudice ingrained by family or culture.
Ticket prices start at $25. Tickets for students and age 26 and younger are $15.75.
For tickets, call 412-316-1600 or visit ppt.org.