Silk Road Rising co-founders, Artistic Director Jamil Khoury and Executive Director Malik Gillani, present the Midwest Premiere of Jonas Hassen Khemiri's Invasion!. All performances will be presented in the company's venue in Pierce Hall at The Historic Chicago Temple Building at 77 W. Washington St. in Chicago.
Invasion!
July 30 - September 1, 2013
Written by Jonas Hassen Khemiri
Directed by Anna Bahow
Featuring: Kamal Hans*, Amira Sabbagh, Glenn Stanton and Dan Johnson
* Denotes member of Actors' Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers.
Synopsis: Invasion! is a tornado of words, images and ideas, all centered around a magical name: Abulkasem. The play assaults our deepest prejudices about culture, race and language. At once hilarious, disturbing and poignant, this mischievously subversive play deconstructs a "threatening" identity - the Arab male - and forces us to confront our own complicated identities.Silk Road Rising's Artistic Ambassador David Henry Hwang called Invasion! "one of the most effective coups de théâtre I've ever seen."
"A slyly entertaining comedy with a sharp political edge...expresses confusion with remarkable clarity." - The New York Times
"If you've ever wished somebody would write a razor-sharp play anatomizing lazy paranoia about the Middle East?somebody has." - The Village Voice
"One of the best social commentaries in dramatic form of the past few years." - CurtainUp
"Playfulness and seriousness intermingle to disturbing - and awfully satisfying - effect." - Theater Mania
Dates:
Previews: July 30 - August 2, 2013
Press Opening: Saturday, August 3 at 4:00 pm
Regular Run: August 3 - September 1, 2013
Performance Schedule:
Tuesdays: 7:30pm+
Wednesdays: 7:30pm++
Thursdays: 7:30pm
Fridays: 8:00pm
Saturdays: 4:00pm
Sundays: 4:00pm
+ There will be one Tuesday performance on July 30, 2013.
++ There will be one Wednesday performance on July 31, 2013.
Location:
Pierce Hall at The Historic Chicago Temple Building, 77 W. Washington St. (lower level) Chicago.
Box Office:
To purchase tickets visit www.silkroadrising.org, or call 312.857.1234 x 201
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