CMU School of Drama


Monday, March 14, 2016

Pittsburgh Public Theater's 'Disgraced' examines hidden aspects of racism

TribLIVE: Director Tracy Brigden acknowledges that the pivotal scene in “Disgraced” sounds like the beginning of a bad joke: A Muslim, a Jew, an African-American and a WASP meet for dinner.

But what happens in Ayad Akhtar's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama is no joke.

As timely and provocative as an election debate or a cable TV roundtable, “Disgraced” examines prickly current-events issues of race, ethnicity and religion with candid and often funny dialogue.

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