Striking Distance: The Violence We See, and Don’t See, Onstage
From the Greeks to ‘Disgraced,’ direct violence has been a theatrical staple. Structural violence, though harder to stage, is also the stuff of drama.
All Stories About Ayad Akhtar
Offscript: Who’s Afraid of Ayad Akhtar?
This week’s episode is a doozy. Ayad Akhtar stops by to talk about his play ‘Disgraced,’ the most-produced play in 2015-16. Plus, the ‘New York Times”s Charles Isherwood and ‘Chicago Tribune”s Chris Jones drop in.
The Top 10 Most-Produced Plays of the 2015–16 Season
Ayad Akhtar’s ‘Disgraced,’ a new entry, tops the list, alongside other new entries and some returning favorites.
The Top 20 Most-Produced Playwrights of the 2015–16 Season
This year’s top playwright won a Pulitzer for his first play (and we published it).
Marin Theatre Company Announces Season of Six Contemporary Plays
Along with plays by Sarah Ruhl, August Wilson, Howard Brenton, Ayad Akhtar and Elizabeth Irwin, MTC will premiere Rachel Bonds’s ‘Swimmers.’
New American Plays Are Focus of Philadelphia Theatre Company’s 2015–16 Season
The slate includes plays by Ayad Akhtar, Ken Ludwig, Ike Holter, Laura Eason and Lucas Hnath.
Long Wharf Announces 2015–16 Season
The Connecticut theatre’s season will include a world premiere by Samuel D. Hunter and a revival of Emily Mann’s ‘Having Our Say.’
Segal Center Spring 2015 Events Slate Includes Sibyl Kempson, Ayad Akhtar, Leslie Ayvazian
The CUNY center’s free programs will also include screenings of films by two avant-garde theatre auteurs, Lee Breuer and Richard Foreman.
The Personal Is Political in Ayad Akhtar’s ‘Disgraced’
The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and author talks about unsettling his audience and repainting the Muslim image in the West.
‘Kiss Me Kate’ Meets ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ in ‘The Who & the What’
Ayad Akhtar inspired to write his new show after seeing an ad in a New York taxi.
