Disgraced
by Austin Playhouse
Dec. 01 - Dec. 15 (2015)
Wikipedia: Disgraced is a 2012 play by novelist and screenwriter Ayad Akhtar. It premiered in Chicago and has had Off-Broadway and Off West End engagements. [. . . ]The play won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Disgraced has also been recognized with a 2012 Joseph Jefferson Award for New Work – Play or Musical and a 2013 Obie Award for Playwriting. It is Akhtar's first stage play. The 2014 Broadway transfer earned a Tony Award for Best Play nomination in 2015.
The play is centered on sociopolitical themes such as Islamophobia and the self-identity of Muslim-American citizens. It focuses on a dinner party between 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," the play depicts racial and ethnic prejudices that "secretly persist in even the most progressive cultural circles." It is also said to depict the challenge for upwardly mobile Muslim Americans in the post-9/11 America.
Austin Playhouse is accepting audition submissions for Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar. The Pulitzer-Prize-winning play will run January 8 - 31, 2016 at Austin Playhouse. Equity and non-Equity accepted. All roles are compensated.
Interested actors should email a headshot and resume to info@austinplayhouse.com. We will schedule auditions over the next two weeks until the roles are filled.
