Blog & Buzz
The Top 6 Monsters You Don’t Want to Meet from Around the World
Monsters have long been feared by, well, everyone. After all it’s only normal to be afraid of the dark… or more specifically, what‘s lurking…
Blog & Buzz
Who’s Who in Disgraced
Learn about the five characters in Ayad Akhtar's Disgraced below! Amir: Amir is the central character in Disgraced. Amir’s family is of South Asian…
About the Plays| Spotlight
From the Headlines to the Footlights: The Enduring, Worldwide Relevancy of Ayad Akhtar’s Disgraced
Ayad Akhtar’s globally-minded drama Disgraced was certainly timely when it premiered in early 2012. And in light of subsequent events, from the advances of ISIS, to the attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris, ...
About the Plays
Disgraced and Islamic Art: The Gap Between Optics and Truth
In the opening moments of Ayad Akhtar’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Disgraced, we see an intimate image: Emily, a young, white artist, is sketching her…
Community Engagement
Engaging Communities. Expanding Minds. The Alice B. Rapoport Center for Education and Engagement at Goodman Theatre Opens This Spring
Goodman Theatre believes that theater is more than a play or a place: it is an inspiring, expansive lens on the world that can profoundly…
Artists
A Conversation with Disgraced Playwright Ayad Akhtar and Director Kimberly Senior
Disgraced, by playwright, novelist, screenwriter and actor Ayad Akhtar, premiered in Chicago in 2012 at American Theatre Company. The play then went on to New York’s Lincoln Center Theater, subsequently won the Pulitzer Prize and later transferred to Broadway, where it earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Play....
About the Plays| Spotlight
Why Disgraced? Artistic Director Robert Falls on Disgraced’s Extraordinary Impact
It begins innocuously enough. A young, upwardly mobile Wall Street attorney (and lapsed Muslim) and his beautiful, idealistic (and Caucasian) artist wife are throwing…
About the Plays| Spotlight
Why Feathers and Teeth? Artistic Director Robert Falls on the Play’s Wholly Original Outlook
In a world in which many things (including plays) are easily categorized, Charise Castro Smith’s Feathers and Teeth is a delightful anomaly. At first glance,…
Artists
First Person: Actor Behzad Dabu Recounts his Journey with Disgraced
In Disgraced, Chicago-based actor Behzad Dabu portrays Abe, the 22-year-old nephew of successful Manhattan lawyer Amir. Abe’s request for his uncle to assist a…
